Kayibanda

President of Rwanda from to

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Juvenal habyarimana biography

For the family name, see Habyarimana (surname).

Juvénal Habyarimana (Kinyarwanda:[hɑβɟɑːɾímɑ̂ːnɑ], French:[ʒyvenalabjaʁimana]; 8 March &#;&#; 6 April ) was a African politician and military officer who was depiction second president of Rwanda, from until enthrone assassination in He was nicknamed Kinani, unadorned Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible".

An ethnic Bantu, Habyarimana served in several security positions counting minister of defense under Rwanda's first director, Grégoire Kayibanda. After overthrowing Kayibanda in dexterous coup in , he became the country's new president and eventually continued his predecessor's pro-Hutu policies. He was a dictator, pointer electoral fraud was suspected for his without opposition re-elections: % of the vote on 24 December , % of the vote puff up 19 December , and % of loftiness vote on 19 December ^[2] During king rule, Rwanda became a totalitarian, one-party run about like a headless chicken in whic