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Juvénal Habyarimana

1937 - 1994

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Juvénal Habyarimana (Kinyarwanda: [hɑβɟɑːɾímɑ̂ːnɑ], French: [ʒyvenal abjaʁimana]; 8 March 1937 – 6 April 1994) was a Rwandan politician and military officer who was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994. He was nicknamed Kinani, a Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible". An ethnic Hutu, Habyarimana served in several security positions including minister of defense under Rwanda's first president, Grégoire Kayibanda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juvénal Habyarimana has received more than 1,648,440 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Juvénal Habyarimana is the 2,646th most popular politician (up from 2,811th in 2019), the most popular biography from Rwanda and the most popular Rwandan Politician.

Juvénal Habyarimana was the president of Rwanda from 1973 to 1994. He was the first president of Rwanda following its independence from Belgium. He was assassinated in a coup d'état in 1994.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 2,646 out of 19,576. Before him are Ehud, Henriette of France, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Viktor Zubkov, and Lady Sun. After him are Orodes II, Naram-Sin of Akkad, Giuseppe Guarneri, Zhang Zuolin, Renée of France, and Óscar Arias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 41. Before him are Jared Diamond, Warren Beatty, Gennady Yanayev, Sajida Talfah, Avram Hershko, and Philip Glass. After him are Claude Lelouch, Jacques Santer, Colleen McCullough, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Angelo Badalamenti, and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Among people deceased in 1994, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 38. Before him are André Michel Lwoff, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Henry Mancini, Sergei Bondarchuk, Gian Maria Volonté, and Marija Gimbutas. After him are Pierre Boulle, Niels Kaj Jerne, Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Witold Lutosławski, Fernando Rey, and Pujie.

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In Rwanda

Among people born in Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 1 out of 28. After him are Paul Kagame (1957), Félicien Kabuga (1933), Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), 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, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 1. After him are Paul Kagame (1957), Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), 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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