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Jean Kambanda | |
|---|---|
| 5th Prime Minister of Rwanda | |
| In office April 9, 1994[1] – July 19, 1994 | |
| President | Théodore Sindikubwabo |
| Preceded by | Agathe Uwilingiyimana |
| Succeeded by | Faustin Twagiramungu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 19, 1955 Huye, Rwanda |
| Political party | Republican Democratic Movement |
| Alma mater | National University of Rwanda |
| Occupation | Politician, banker, and former prime minister |
| Criminal status | Imprisoned in Mali |
| Criminal charge | Genocide and crimes against humanity |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment |
Date apprehended | 18 July 1997 |
| Imprisoned at | Koulikoro Prison, Mali[2] |
Jean Kambanda (born October 19, 1955) is a Rwandan former politician who served as the Prime Minister of Rwanda in the caretaker government from the start of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He is the only head of government to plead guilty to genocide,[3] in the first group of such convictions since the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide came into effect in 1951.
Kambanda holds a degree in commercial engineering and began his career as a low-level United Popular BPR banker, rising as a technocrat to become the chair of the bank. At the time of the April 1994 crisis he was vice president of the Butare section of the opposition Republican Democratic Movement (MDR).
He was sworn in as prime minister on April 9, 1994 after the president Juvénal Habyarimana and prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, were both assassinated. He remained in the post for the hundred days of the genocide until July 19, 1994. After leaving office he fled the country.
- ^ Prunier, Gérard (1995). The Rwanda Crisis, 1959–1994: History of a Genocide (Hardcover ed.). London: C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 232. ISBN 1-85065-243-0.
- ^ "Jean Kambanda – TRIAL International". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
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