# Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/396 of 7 March 2017 implementing Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1183/2005 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons acting in violation of the arms embargo with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Division 3: Gaston IYAMUREMYE

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(alias: a) Byiringiro Victor Rumuli, b) Victor Rumuri, c) Michel Byiringiro, d) Rumuli)
Designation: a) FDLR Interim President, b) FDLR-FOCA 1st Vice-President; c) FDLR-FOCA Major General.
Address: North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (as of June 2016).
Date of Birth: 1948.
Place of Birth: a) Musanze District, Northern Province, Rwanda, b) Ruhengeri, Rwanda.
Nationality: Rwanda.
Date of UN designation: 1 December 2010.
Other information: INTERPOL- UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5272456
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Gaston Iyamuremye is the 1st vice-president of the FDLR, as well as the interim president. He also has the rank of Major General in the FDLR's armed wing, called FOCA. As of June 2016, Iyamuremye is in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/396/annex/division/a/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-396/annex/division-a/division-3
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