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Mutara III Rudahigwa
Mutara III Rudahigwa was mwami (king) of Rwanda from 1931 to 1959, installed by the Belgian administration of Ruanda-Urundi in place of his father. He converted to Catholicism and in 1946 dedicated the country to Christ the King. His sudden death in 1959 was followed by the Hutu revolution, which led to the abolition of the monarchy in 1961.
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