List of Rwandans

This is a list of notable people from the East African nation of Rwanda.

Military

• Théoneste Bagosora (b. 1941), military officer convicted in 2008 of genocide.^[1]
• Bernard Ntuyahaga

Political figures

• Jean-Paul Akayesu (b. 1953), politician convicted in 1998 of genocide.^[2]
• Jean Bosco Barayagwiza
• Christophe Bazivamo (minister of land and environment)
• Augustin Bizimana (b. 1954), politician who is a fugitive of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.^[3]
• Augustin Bizimungu (b. 1952), politician on trial for genocide.^[4]
• Pasteur Bizimungu (Former president of Rwanda)
• Anastase Gasana (Diplomat)
• Juvénal Habyarimana (Former president of Rwanda)
• Paul Kagame (President of Rwanda)
• Jean Kambanda (b. 1955), former Prime Minister, plead guilty in 1998 to genocide^[5]
• Grégoire Kayibanda (Former president of Rwanda)
• Kigeri V of Rwanda (Former king)
• Bernard Makuza (Prime minister of Rwanda)
• Dominique Mbonyumutwa (Former provisional president of Rwanda)
• Ignace Murwanashyaka (b. 1963), leader of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
• Mutara II Rwogera (Former king)
• Mutara III of Rwanda (Former king)
• Lando Ndasingwa (Former leader of Parti libéral du Rwanda)
• André Ntagerura
• Jean de Dieu Ntiruhungwa (Former minister of the Interior)
• Théodore Sindikubwabo (Former president of the national development council)
• Faustin Twagiramungu (Former prime minister of Rwanda)
• Agathe Uwilingiyimana (Former prime minister of Rwanda)
• Yuhi III of Rwanda (Former king of Rwanda)
• Jean Marie Higiro (Former director of the Rwandan Information office)
• Protais Zigiranyirazo

Religious figures

• Elizaphan Ntakirutimana (1924–2007), Seventh-day Adventist pastor
• Athanase Seromba (b. 1963), priest

Sports people

• Dieudonné Disi (b. 1980), long-distance and cross-country runner
• Adrien Niyonshuti (b. 1987), cyclist
• Mathias Ntawulikura (b. 1964), long-distance runner

Miscellaneous

• Simon Bikindi (b. 1954), singer-songwriter convicted in 2008 of inciting violence during the 1994 genocide.^[6]
• Agathe Habyarimana (widow of former President Juvénal Habyarimana)
• Félicien Kabuga (b. 1935), businessman
• Joseph Kavaruganda (former president of Rwanda's Constitutional Court)
• Léon Mugesera, university lecturer accused of inciting genocide.^[7]
• Ferdinand Nahimana, historian
• Samuel Ndashyikirwa, businessman
• Hassan Ngeze (b. 1962), journalist
• Étienne Nzabonimana (b. 1950), businessman
• Sonia Rolland (former Miss France)
• Queen Rosalie Gicanda (wife of King Mutara III of Rwanda)
• Georges Ruggiu (b. 1957), radio presenter
• Paul Rusesabagina (b. 1954), hotel manager known for saving refugees in the 1994 genocide
• Benjamin Sehene (b. 1959), author

References

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