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POLITICIAN

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 served as 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 1,511,833 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Juvénal Habyarimana is the 2,819th most popular politician (down from 2,233rd 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 2,819 out of 15,577Before him are Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Stefan Uroš V, Marcus Atilius Regulus, Lekë Dukagjini, and Alfonso III of Aragon. After him are Herschel Grynszpan, Heungseon Daewongun, Francisco Macías Nguema, Emperor Zhao of Han, Wang Xizhi, and Frederick II, Elector of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 43Before him are Avram Hershko, Robert Lucas Jr., Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Colleen McCullough, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Claude Lelouch. After him are Andrei Konchalovsky, Ferdinand Piëch, Thomas Pynchon, Jacques Santer, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, and Abu Nidal. Among people deceased in 1994, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 39Before him are Witold Lutosławski, Pierre Boulle, Marija Gimbutas, Raul Julia, Roger Wolcott Sperry, and Paul Delvaux. After him are Fernando Rey, György Cziffra, André Michel Lwoff, Jeffrey Dahmer, Pujie, and Jessica Tandy.

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In Rwanda

Among people born in Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 1 out of 21After him are Paul Kagame (1957), Félicien Kabuga (1933), Théoneste Bagosora (1941), Paul Rusesabagina (1954), Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), and Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921).

Among POLITICIANS In Rwanda

Among politicians born in Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana ranks 1After him are Paul Kagame (1957), Théoneste Bagosora (1941), Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Melchior Ndadaye (1953), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921), Jean Kambanda (1955), and Louise Mushikiwabo (1961).