Marcel Gatsinzi

Marcel Gatsinzi
Minister of Defence (Rwanda)
In office
15 November 2002 – 10 April 2010
Preceded byEmmanuel Habyarimana
Succeeded byJames Kabarebe
Personal details
Born(1948-01-09)9 January 1948
Kigali, Ruanda-Urundi
Died7 March 2023(2023-03-07) (aged 75)
Brussels, Belgium

Marcel Gatsinzi (/mɑːrˈsɛl ɡɑːtˈsɪnzi/ ) (9 January 1948 – 7 March 2023) was a Rwandan soldier and politician, who was Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs from 2010 to 2013. Gatsinzi also served as Rwanda's Minister of Defence from 2002 to 2010.[1] An ethnic Hutu[2] from Butare, Gatsinzi was a member of the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR), which was the national army prior to the takeover of Rwanda by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

  1. ^ Ministry of Defence (MOD), Republic of Rwanda. "The Minister". Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  2. ^ The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: Genocide in Rwanda. Brookings Institution Press. 13 May 2004. ISBN 0815798776.

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