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Francois Habitegeko
Rwandan politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francois Habitegeko is a Rwandan politician. He is the governor of the Western Province and former governor of the Northern Province of Rwanda.[1][2]
Career
Habitegeko governed the country's Northern Province beginning in February 2011 and left that post in 2021 after serving two terms.[3] He has credited himself for vastly increasing the quality of life in Northern Province, bringing the percentage of households with electricity from 0.8% in 2011 to 90% at the end of his career.[4]
He was appointed Governor of the Western Province on 15 March 2021, but was removed from office on 28 August 2023 by President Paul Kagame.[5][6]
He supported Rwanda during the 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions.[7][8] He supports the disarmament of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, or FDLR.[9]
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