Faustin Twagiramungu Pierre-Célestin Rwigema Bernard Makuza
Vice President
Paul Kagame
Preceded by
Théodore Sindikubwabo
Succeeded by
Paul Kagame
Personal details
Born
April 1950 (age 74) Gisenyi, Rwanda-Urundi
Political party
MRND (1980s-1990) Rwandan Patriotic Front (1990–2000) Party for Democratic Renewal (2001–)
Spouse
Serafina Bizimungu
Alma mater
National University of Rwanda University of Strasbourg
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. Bizumungu's presidency was marked by the reconstruction of the country in the wake of the civil war and genocide, as well as the country's support for rebel groups in the First Congo War from 1996 to 1997, and the Second Congo War from 1998 to 2003. Following a series of disputes with Kagame, Bizimungu resigned in 2000, whereupon he was succeeded by Kagame. The following year, Bizimungu founded the Party for Democratic Renewal, which was immediately banned by Kagame's new government. In 2004, Bizimungu was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for attempting to form a militia, inciting violence, and embezzlement, but was pardoned three years later by Kagame.
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of Rwanda and was elected in 2003. In 2007, the former president, PasteurBizimungu, was released from prison on a presidential pardon. Kagame was reelected...
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possibly also harbored ambitions to annex portions of eastern Zaire. PasteurBizimungu, president of Rwanda from 1994 to 2000, presented the then-US ambassador...
formed a government of national unity headed by a Hutu president, PasteurBizimungu. Kagame became Minister of Defence and Vice-President of Rwanda and...
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for Opération Turquoise. In May Ntibantunganya met with RPF leader PasteurBizimungu. The genocide created a refugee crisis; an estimated 300,000 Rwandans...
control of Kigali. 19 July The RPF forms a provisional government and PasteurBizimungu becomes President of Rwanda. 21 August The RPF controls the whole...
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