Juvénal Habyarimana

Juvénal Habyarimana (March 8, 1937 - April 6, 1994) was president of Rwanda from 1973 until his death in 1994. http://www. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

While serving as defense minister, he overthrew his cousin Grégoire Kayibanda on July 5, 1973. During his 20-year dictatorship he favored his own ethnic group, the Hutus, and supported the Hutu majority in neighboring Burundi against the Tutsi government. He was the leader of the Mouvement Républicain Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Développement party. In the early 1990s a rebellion against the Rwandan government began when rebels from the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a mostly Tutsi group, crossed the border from Uganda. Gregoire Kayibanda (May 1, 1924-December 15, 1976) was a Rwandan politician. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Hutu is the name given to one of the three ethnic groups occupying Burundi and Rwanda. ... The Tutsi are one of three native peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa: the other two being the Twa and the Hutu. ... Mouvement Républicain Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Développement (MRND, English: National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development) is a now-defunct political party in Rwanda. ... Politics of Rwanda Categories: Rwandese political parties | Politics stubs ...

Habyarimana was killed in a plane crash along with Cyprien Ntaryamira, the president of Burundi, on April 6, 1994. Some now allege that the private Falcon 50 jet had been shot down on orders from the current President Paul Kagame, while he was leader of the RPF. Following the death of Habyarimana, Hutus who believed that his government had been too moderate took over the government and began a genocide against opponents. Within four months, 936,000 Rwandans were massacred in the Rwandan Genocide, mostly Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955–1994), was President of Burundi from February 5, 1994 until he was assassinated on April 6. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Paul Kagame (born October 23, 1957) is the president of Rwanda, and was a founder of the Rwandese Patriotic Front and its military commander during the Rwandan Civil War and Rwandan Genocide. ... Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate actions leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories. ... The skulls of victims show gashes and signs of violence The Rwandan Genocide was the organized murder of up to one million Rwandans in 1994. ...