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Pasteur Bizimungu

1950 - Today

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Pasteur Bizimungu (born April 1950) is a Rwandan politician who served as the third President of Rwanda, holding office from 19 July 1994 until 23 March 2000. Bizimungu had previously held several positions under President Juvenal Habyarimana throughout the 1980s. He joined the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel group against Habyarimana in 1990 following the death of his brother seemingly under the orders of Habyarimana's government. After the RPF's victory in the Rwandan Civil War in 1994 which ended the Rwandan genocide, Bizimungu became the new president of the country with RPF commander Paul Kagame as vice-president and minister of defense, who was seen as the country's de facto leader throughout his presidency. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pasteur Bizimungu is the 11,058th most popular politician (up from 11,356th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Rwanda (down from 7th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Rwandan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pasteur Bizimungu ranks 11,058 out of 19,576. Before him are Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Cersobleptes, Kadan, Albin Kurti, Erik Axelsson Tott, and Hugh IV of Cyprus. After him are Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Johannes van den Bosch, Chatichai Choonhavan, Stacey Abrams, Khieu Ponnary, and Abderrahmane Farès.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Pasteur Bizimungu ranks 213. Before him are Carl Palmer, Richard Galliano, Huey Lewis, Josipa Lisac, Luigi Delneri, and Geraldine James. After him are Waldemar Cierpinski, Carlos Aguiar Retes, Ken Shimura, Alec Jeffreys, Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, and Richard Bandler.

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In Rwanda

Among people born in Rwanda, Pasteur Bizimungu ranks 8 out of 28. Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana (1937), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), and Félicien Kabuga (1933). After him are Antoine Kambanda (1958), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Paul Rusesabagina (1954), Scholastique Mukasonga (1956), Sylvie Kinigi (1952), and Théoneste Bagosora (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Rwanda

Among politicians born in Rwanda, Pasteur Bizimungu ranks 7. Before him are Paul Kagame (1957), Juvénal Habyarimana (1937), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), and Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953). After him are Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Sylvie Kinigi (1952), Théoneste Bagosora (1941), Édouard Ngirente (1973), Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921), and Jean Kambanda (1955).

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