Pasteur Bizimungu (born 1950) was the President of Rwanda from July 19, 1994 until March 23, 2000. He was an ethnic Hutu born in the Gisenyi prefecture of Rwanda, known as a stronghold of Hutu extremism. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Hutu is the name given to one of the three ethnic groups occupying Burundi and Rwanda. ... Gisenyi is a lake resort, lying on Lake Kivu in Rwanda. ...

Bizimungu worked within the Hutu MRND regime which ruled Rwanda (until 1994), including as director general of the national electricity company. In 1990 he joined the primarily Tutsi Rwandese Patriotic Front when his brother was assasinated, possibly on the orders of the Hutu government. The Rwandan Patriotic Front was dissatisfied with the Hutu government of Juvenal Habyarimana, who Pasteur Bizimungu was reportedly close to in the 1980s. After Habyarimana's death in a plane crash April 6, 1994 decades of complex ethnic, social and political hatreds were ignited and led to the Rwandan genocide. Mouvement républicain national pour la démocratie et le développement (MRND, English: National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development) is a now-defunct political party in Rwanda. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... This article is about the year. ... 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. ... The Rwandese Patriotic Front or Rwandan Patriotic Front, abbreviated as RPF, is the current ruling political party of Rwanda, led by President Paul Kagame. ... assassin, see Assassin (disambiguation) Jack Ruby assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald in a very public manner. ... Juvénal Habyarimana (March 8, 1937 - April 6, 1994) was president of Rwanda from 1973 until his death in 1994. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The skulls of victims show gashes and signs of violence The Rwandan Genocide was the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus mostly done by two extremist Hutu militia, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi, during a period of 100 days in 1994. ...

Eventually in July 1994 the Rwandan Patriotic Front gained control of the country and established a national unity government. The RPF leader, Tutsi Paul Kagame, was chosen vice-president, and Bizimungu was chosen President so that the majority Hutus would still be highly represented in the government. July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Paul Kagame Paul Kagame (born October 23, 1957) is the current President of Rwanda. ...

During Bizimungu's administration, many believed that Kagame had true control of the government. Bizimungu, as deputy leader of the RPF, eventually came into a conflict with Kagame amid growing differences with the government over its policies and what he saw as an unwarranted crackdown on dissent. He resigned in March 2000, and Kagame became president. This article is about the year 2000. ...

In May 2001, Bizimungu founded an opposition movement, the Party for Democracy and Renewal (PDR), known as Ubuyanja in the Kinyarwanda language. It was almost immediately banned by Kagame, the government believing that it was a radical Hutu party. Bizimungu was placed under house arrest for continuing the operations of the party on April 19, 2002 and charged with endangering the state. In 2004 he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to form a militia, inciting violence and embezzlement. As of October 2004, he is still in prison. This article is about the month of May. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• BBC article on Pasteur Bizimungu Article from June 7, 2004