Dennis Gyllensporre

Lieutenant General Dennis Gyllensporre (2015)

Day Dennis Gyllensporre (birth name: Day Dennis Öztürkmen * 14. July 1964 in Skellefteå , Västerbotten County ) is a Swedish officer of the army , who as lieutenant general since October 2, 2018 Commander of the Armed Forces of the multidimensional integrated United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali MINUSMA ( United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ) is.

Life

Gyllensporre, son of the Turkish teacher Güray Öztürkmen and the Swede Irene Johansson, took on the name Gyllensporre and studied at the Royal Technical University KTH (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) between 1985 and 1991 , from which he graduated with a master's degree. During this time he joined the army (Armén) of the armed forces (Försvarsmakten) in 1987 as an ensign (Fänrik) and served between 1987 and 1995 as platoon leader and company commander of the telecommunications regiment stationed in Norrbotten (Norrlands signalregemente) , where he became a lieutenant (Löjtnant ) , Was promoted to captain (Kapten) in 1991 and major in 1994 . During this time, from 1994 to 1997 he completed postgraduate studies at the University of Defense (Försvarshögskolan) and the University of Warwick , which he completed with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in strategic management .

His first experience in foreign missions collected Gyllensporre 1997-1998 as a liaison officer of the stabilization forces SFOR (Stabilization Force) , the NATO - protection force for Bosnia and Herzegovina , and was on his return between 1998 and 2000. Speaker of National and NATO / Partnership for Peace - Deployments in the planning staff (J 5) in the defense staff of the armed forces and was promoted there in 2000 to lieutenant colonel (Överstelöjtnant) . Subsequent further postgraduate studies in the subject of war arts and military science at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) of the US Army in Fort Leavenworth he completed in 2001 with a Master of Military Arts and Science and was the best foreign graduate with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award awarded. From 2001 to 2002 he was commander of a battalion of the 19th Infantry Regiment (Norrbotten Regiment) stationed in Boden , an armored light infantry regiment for arctic missions, and from 2001 to 2005 military advisor to the Department of International and Security Affairs in the Ministry of Defense (Försvarsdepartementet) . This use was interrupted from 2002 to 2003 by a deployment as Vice-Chairman and Chief Operations Officer of the Joint Military Mission in the Nuba Mountains in South Sudan .

After being promoted to colonel (Överste) , Gyllensporre served as head of the doctrine and conception department in the European Union's military staff in Brussels between 2005 and 2008 . During this time he began studying at the School of Governance at the University of Maastricht in January 2007 , which he obtained in November 2010 with a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ) in the subjects of policy analysis and management. During this time he was head of the regional command north of the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ) in Mazar-i-Sharif during the war in Afghanistan that had lasted since 2001 . Upon his return, he became Chief of Staff in the Supreme Commanders' Staff in 2008, after his promotion to Brigadier General (Brigad General) in 2010, Head of the Armed Forces Development Department, and after his promotion to Major General in 2012, Head of Planning and Policy Department at the headquarters of the Swedish Armed Forces and practiced them Until his replacement by Rear Admiral Jonas Haggren in 2014.

November 2014 Gyllensporre became a lieutenant general (Generallöjtnant) transported and released Lieutenant General January Sale beach as Chief of Defense Staff (Chef för Ledningsstaben / chef för Högkvarteret) , as head of the special forces of the Armed Forces (Försvarsmaktens specialförband) and also as general commander of Stockholm (Överkommendant i Stockholm ) . He was also Associate Professor of Strategy and Political Science at the Swedish Defense University , member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Studies (Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademin) , member of the Advisory Board of the Agency for Civil Defense and Emergency MSB (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap) and member of the board of directors of the Foreign Minister Anna Lindh murdered on September 11, 2003 named Anna Lindh Akademin .

On August 30, 2018, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Lieutenant General Gyllensporre as the armed forces commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA ( United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ) . On October 2, 2018 , he replaced Major General Jean-Paul Deconinck from Belgium .

His marriage to Helena Nordgren in 1992 resulted in three children.

Web link

• Military vita
• Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Dennis Gyllensporre of Sweden Force Commander of United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (United Nations press release of August 30, 2018)