Rookmangud Katawal
Rookmangud Katawal | |
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महारथी श्री रुकमाङ्गद कटवाल | |
General Katawal in New Delhi (2007) | |
| Chief of Army Staff of Nepal Army | |
| In office 10 September 2006 – August, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Pyar Jung Thapa |
| Succeeded by | Chhatra Man Singh Gurung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1948 Okhaldhunga, Nepal |
| Spouse | Uma Katawal |
| Awards | Birendra Prajatantra Bhaskar Class II Gorkha Dakshin Bahu |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nepal |
| Branch/service | Nepali Army |
| Years of service | 1969–2009 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Shree Kalidhoj Battalion (1976–1977) United Nation Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) (1988) Shree Pashupati Prashad Battalion (1990–1993) Commandant of the Royal Nepalese Military Academy (1993) Adjutant General (AG) of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) (1999) |
General Rookmangud Katawal is a former Nepalese Army general, who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army from 2006 to 2009. General Katawal has come across controversy after the then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal unilaterally decided to sack him on May 3, 2009.
During the Nepalese Civil War, he was alleged to have committed many human rights atrocities, war crimes and crime against humanity, yet faced no court proceedings.