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Grégoire Kayibanda

1924 - 1976

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Grégoire Kayibanda (1 May 1924 – 15 December 1976) was a Rwandan politician and revolutionary who was the first elected President of Rwanda from 1962 to 1973. An ethnic Hutu, he was a pioneer of the Rwandan Revolution and led Rwanda's struggle for independence from Belgium, replacing the Tutsi monarchy with a republican form of government. Rwanda became independent from Belgium in 1962, with Kayibanda serving as the country's first president, establishing a pro-Hutu policy and a de facto one-party system governed by his party, Parmehutu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grégoire Kayibanda has received more than 275,036 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Grégoire Kayibanda is the 8,832nd most popular politician (up from 9,682nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Rwanda (up from 6th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Rwandan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Grégoire Kayibanda ranks 8,832 out of 19,576. Before him are Berenice, Faustin Soulouque, Neferkamin, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Ardys of Lydia, and Matteo Renzi. After him are Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Đồng Khánh, Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Al-Mansur Billah, and Floris II, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Grégoire Kayibanda ranks 146. Before him are Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Karlheinz Deschner, Carlo Bergonzi, Margit Sandemo, Donatas Banionis, and William Auld. After him are Shintaro Abe, S. N. Goenka, M. Karunanidhi, Luigi Musso, Motoo Kimura, and Daniel Inouye. Among people deceased in 1976, Grégoire Kayibanda ranks 93. Before him are Mikhail Katukov, Mukaghali Makatayev, Elihan Tore, Paul Strand, Howlin' Wolf, and Josef Sudek. After him are Oscar Bonavena, Tommy Bolin, Evert Taube, Wilhelm Marschall, Wilder Penfield, and Paul Robeson.

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In Rwanda

Among people born in Rwanda, Grégoire Kayibanda ranks 4 out of 28. Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana (1937), Paul Kagame (1957), and Félicien Kabuga (1933). After him are Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), Paul Rusesabagina (1954), Faustin Twagiramungu (1945), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), and Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Rwanda

Among politicians born in Rwanda, Grégoire Kayibanda ranks 3. Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana (1937), and Paul Kagame (1957). After him are Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), Faustin Twagiramungu (1945), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921), Sylvie Kinigi (1952), and Louise Mushikiwabo (1961).

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