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Juvénal Habyarimana

1937–1994 · 20th century

Juvénal Habyarimana was a Rwandan army officer who seized power in a coup in 1973 and ruled a one-party state for over twenty years. The Rwandan Patriotic Front invaded in 1990, and he signed the Arusha Accords in 1993. The shooting down of his plane over Kigali on 6 April 1994 was followed within hours by the start of the genocide against the Tutsi.

Juvénal Habyarimana
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Juvénal Habyarimana. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/juvenal-habyarimana
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