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Ban mourns sudden death of force commander on UN Haiti mission

Xinhua, September 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said that he was saddened by the news of the death of the force commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

In a press release issued here by his spokesman Stephane Dujarric, the secretary-general said he learned "with great sadness the sudden passing" of Lieutenant General Jose Luiz Jaborandy, Jr., in Miami, the U.S. stae of Florida, Sunday while on a trip to Brazil, where he was born.

Lieutenant General Jaborandy, Jr. was the Force Commander of MINUSTAH since March 2014.

Ban said he was grateful to Lieutenant General Jaborandy, Jr. for the dedication to peace and leadership he has shown during his deployment. He expressed his sincere condolences to the bereaved family and to the government of Brazil for this "tragic loss," according to the statement.

Having joined the Brazilian Army in 1976, Lieutenant General Jaborandy, Jr., graduated as an infantry officer in 1979 and had subsequently had a distinguished military career, holding a number of senior command and staff positions.

Lieutenant General Jaborandy, Jr. was a graduate of the Brazilian Army Command and General Staff College and Portugal's Institute of Higher Military Studies. He was born in 1958 and married. Endit