Juvénal Habyarimana

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Juvénal Habyarimana was the long-serving president of Rwanda whose authoritarian rule and assassination in 1994 were central to the events leading up to the Rwandan genocide.

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instanceOf head of state
human
politician
president
alsoKnownAs MRND leader
cameToPowerBy military coup d’état
causeOfDeath plane shootdown
conflictInvolved Rwandan Civil War NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Rwanda NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1937-03-08
dateOfDeath 1994-04-06
deathEvent shooting down of the Rwandan presidential plane
education Catholic seminaries in Rwanda
military training in Belgium
era late 20th century
ethnicGroup Hutu NERFINISHED
familyName Habyarimana NERFINISHED
fullName Juvénal Habyarimana NERFINISHED
givenName Juvénal NERFINISHED
governmentTypeDuringRule one-party state
headOfGovernment Rwanda NERFINISHED
implementedPolicy ethnic quota system favoring Hutu
influenced Rwandan political landscape before 1994 genocide
knownFor authoritarian rule in Rwanda
central role in events leading to the Rwandan genocide
languageSpoken French
Kinyarwanda NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath assassination
militaryBranch Rwandan Armed Forces NERFINISHED
militaryRank major general
notableEvent 1973 Rwandan coup d’état
downing of presidential Falcon 50 jet on 1994-04-06
occupation politician
soldier
officeEnd 1994-04-06
officeStart 1973-07-05
placeOfBirth Gasiza, Gisenyi Province, Ruanda-Urundi NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath near Kigali, Rwanda
politicalParty National Revolutionary Movement for Development NERFINISHED
positionHeld President of Rwanda
precededBy Grégoire Kayibanda NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Central Africa NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Kigali, Rwanda NERFINISHED
signedAgreement Arusha Accords NERFINISHED
spouse Agathe Kanziga Habyarimana NERFINISHED
succeededBy Théodore Sindikubwabo NERFINISHED

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Rwandan Civil War leader Juvénal Habyarimana