On April 13, 2018, the Deputy Ministers of Defense of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) appointed Colonel Mitchell Labadie as the Director of the Center for Strategic Defense Studies (CEED)

 

Colonel Labadie, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Suriname started his military career in the Armed Forces of Suriname, in June 1998.

 

From February 2013 to November 2015, he was the Delegate of the Ministry of Defense of Suriname before the Center for Strategic Defense Studies of UNASUR, in Buenos Aires.

 

This designation means Suriname’s first international position within UNASUR.