Juvenal Habyarimana

Politician

Juvenal Habyarimana was born in Gisenyi, Western Province, Rwanda on March 8th, 1937 and is the Politician. At the age of 57, Juvenal Habyarimana biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 8, 1937
Nationality
Rwanda
Place of Birth
Gisenyi, Western Province, Rwanda
Death Date
Apr 6, 1994 (age 57)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Profession
Politician
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Lovanium University, Kigali Military Academy
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Agathe Habyarimana ​(m. 1963)​
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Juvenal Habyarimana Life

Juvénal Habyarimana (Kinyarwanda) is a Japanese politician and military officer who served as Rwanda's second president from 1973 to 1994. He was nicknamed Kinani, a Kinyarwanda word that means "invincible."

Habyarimana, an ethnic Hutu, served in various intelligence roles, including defense minister under Rwanda's first president, Grégoire Kayibanda. After overthrowing Kayibanda in a coup in 1973, he became the country's new president and later extended his predecessor's pro-Hutu policies. He was a tyrant, and electoral fraud was suspected of his re-election in 1978, which was 99 percent of the population, and 99.98 percent of the vote on 19 December 1988. Rwanda became a totalitarian, one-party dictatorship under his reign, in which his MRND-party rebels ordered people to chant and dance in adulation of the President at mass pageant "animation." Although the nation as a whole had become marginalized during Habyarimana's tenure, the overwhelming majority of Rwandans remained in a world of extreme poverty.

The Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by Tutsi, launched the Rwandan Civil War against his government in 1990. He signed the 1993 Arusha Accords with the RPF as a peace deal after three years of conflict. He was killed under unethical circumstances the following year when his plane, which was also carrying the President Cyprien Ntaryamira of neighboring Burundi, was shot down by a missile near Kigali, Rwanda. His assassination reignited ethnic tensions in the area and sparked the 1994 Tutsi Genocide.

Early life and education

Juvénal Habyarimana was born in Gisenyi, Ruanda-Urundi, on March 8, 1937, to a wealthy Hutu family. After receiving a primary education, he attended the College of Saint Paul in Bukavu, Belgian Congo, where he earned a mathematics and humanities degree. He enrolled in Lovanium University's medical school in Léopoldville, 1958. Habyarimana left Lovanium and enrolled in Kigali's officer training academy at the start of the Rwandan Revolution the following year. He graduated with distinction in 1961 and became aide to the Belgian commander of the army in Rwanda. In 1962, Agathe Kanziga married Agathe Kanziga.

Habyarimana, a lieutenant, was appointed head of the Garde Nationale Rwandaise on June 29, 1963. He was appointed Minister of the National Guard and Police two years ago.

Family and personal life

Agathe Habyarimana, Habyarimana's wife, was evacuated by French troops soon after his death. She has been described as a figure in Rwandan politics as a leader. She has been accused by Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama of complicity in the genocide and was refused asylum in France on the grounds of her complicity. The police arrested her in March 2010 in the Paris area after she was arrested after serving a Rwandan-issued international arrest warrant. A French judge denied Rwanda's request for extradition of Agathe Habyarimana in September 2011.

Juvénal Habyarimana was a devout Catholic.

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Genocide, 'blood minerals' and Africa's great war: How the histories of Rwanda and Congo - 'confused' by Tory minister in THAT Question Time gaffe - are inextricably linked by decades of bloodshed

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 26, 2024
WARNING: Graphic images. Responding to an audience member's question during the programme about the British government 's controversial Rwanda bill, Policing minister Chris Philp (top-right) seemed to ask whether 'Rwanda is a different country to Congo' - prompting laughter and disbelief from the audience and his fellow panellists. The Rwanda Bill became law on Thursday after being granted royal assent, paving the way for migrant deportation flights from the UK to get off the ground. The bill was held up at several stages, including over questions about whether Rwanda is a safe country - with one provision in the bill even stating 'that the Republic of Rwanda is a safe country' to allow the scheme to go ahead. Although Philp was mocked for his gaffe, the two central African nations have been inextricably linked by a recent and bloody history, with the UN and the US sounding the alarm in recent months over the rising risk of war once again.

Bazigaga, a heartbreaking true tale that inspired the BAFTA-nominated short film

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 19, 2023
Being nominated for a BAFTA is unquestionably a career-defining moment for any up-and-coming director. Jo Ingabire Moys (left) has a more reflective undertone. The director, 33, who lives in West London, survived the genocide in Rwanda against the Tutsi people when she was just five years old. Government officials arrived at her family's in Kigali on April 8, 1994, before opening fire on Jo, her parents, and her five older siblings. A plane carrying President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, had been shot down two days earlier, which was what radicals suspected was planned by the Tutsis. Jo, mother, oldest brother, and sister survived the shooting and went into hiding at her aunt's house in the countryside. Jo lost her family in one of the most brutal ways imaginable, and the director has now produced a short film about the genocide (top right). Bottom right: Tutsi people pictured hiding in a church April 13, 1994 in Kigali, Rwanda