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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.
On the evening of 6 April 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles as their jet prepared to land in Kigali, Rwanda; both were killed.
Juvenal Habyarimana was an army officer and a politician who ruled Rwanda almost single-handedly for more than 20 years after he seized power in a 1973 coup. He was killed when a plane on which he was a passenger was shot down over Kigali in April 1994.
May 17, 2011 · The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994.
Apr 4, 2019 · On the night of 6 April 1994 a plane carrying then-President Juvenal Habyarimana, and his counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi - both Hutus - was shot down, killing everyone on board.
Mar 1, 2010 · Juvénal Habyarimana was elected President of the Republic in 1978 and then re-elected in 1983 and 1988, never with less than 99 percent of the vote.
Nov 8, 1994 · The Genocide. On the evening of 6 April 1994, the plane carrying Juvenal Habyarimana, the President of Rwanda, and Cyprien Ntaryamira, the President of Burundi, was shot down over Kigali.
Dec 26, 2018 · French judges have dropped a long-running investigation into the shooting down of a plane carrying the former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana. His death in 1994 was a trigger of the...
Dec 26, 2018 · French judges have dropped a long-running investigation into the shooting down of a plane carrying the former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana. His death in 1994 was a trigger of the...
Jan 1, 2019 · Juvénal Habyarimana became president of Rwanda in 1973 when he overthrew President Gregoire Kayibanda and the ruling Parmehtu Party. His tenure initially saw a move away from exclusively Hutu rule towards greater inclusion of the Tutsi minority in government and the professions.
