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POLITICIAN

Jean Kambanda

1955 - Today

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Jean Kambanda (born October 19, 1955) is a Rwandan former politician who served as the Prime Minister of Rwanda in the caretaker government from the start of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He is the only head of government to plead guilty to genocide, in the first group of such convictions since the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide came into effect in 1951. Kambanda holds a degree in commercial engineering and began his career as a low-level United Popular BPR banker, rising as a technocrat to become the chair of the bank. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Kambanda has received more than 155,349 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jean Kambanda is the 14,789th most popular politician (down from 13,881st in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Rwanda and the 11th most popular Rwandan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean Kambanda ranks 14,789 out of 15,577Before him are Gartnait I, Te Atairangikaahu, Frances Perkins, Karin Söder, Hédi Annabi, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. After him are Max Streibl, R. James Woolsey Jr., Abel P. Upshur, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Grantley Goulding, and Roger Kolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Jean Kambanda ranks 341Before him are José Daniel Valencia, Yōjirō Takita, Jake Roberts, Topper Headon, Leyla Yunus, and Joe Arroyo. After him are Christian Estrosi, Connie Sellecca, Peter Fleming, Marcelo Trobbiani, Tom Sandberg, and Colm Tóibín.

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In Rwanda

Among people born in Rwanda, Jean Kambanda ranks 14 out of 21Before him are Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921), and Scholastique Mukasonga (1956). After him are Ncuti Gatwa (1992), Antoine Kambanda (1958), Augustin Bizimungu (1952), Louise Mushikiwabo (1961), Bernard Makuza (1961), and Édouard Ngirente (1973).

Among POLITICIANS In Rwanda

Among politicians born in Rwanda, Jean Kambanda ranks 11Before him are Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), and Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921). After him are Louise Mushikiwabo (1961), Bernard Makuza (1961), and Édouard Ngirente (1973).