Grégoire Kayibanda
Rwandan politician (1924–1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. He was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1973 by his defense minister, Juvénal Habyarimana, and died three years later.
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Grégoire Kayibanda | |
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1st President of Rwanda | |
In office 1 July 1962 – 5 July 1973 | |
Preceded by | Dominique Mbonyumutwa (interim) |
Succeeded by | Juvénal Habyarimana |
1st Prime Minister of Rwanda | |
In office 28 January 1961 – 1 July 1962 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Sylvestre Nsanzimana (1991) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1924-05-01)1 May 1924 Tare, Ruanda-Urundi |
Died | 15 December 1976(1976-12-15) (aged 52) unknown (possibly Kabgayi) |
Cause of death | Reportedly starvation |
Nationality | Rwandan |
Political party | Parmehutu (Parti du Mouvement de l'Emancipation Hutu) |
Spouse | Vérédiana Mukagatare (m. 1950) |