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Keep her husband and his party in power(failed)|crimes = Genocide planning|type of villain = | Keep her husband and his party in power(failed)|crimes = Genocide planning|type of villain = Conspiratorial Mastermind}}'''Agathe Habyarimana ''' was the First Lady of Rwanda from 1973-1994. As First Lady, she was highly influential, and together with a group of Hutu supremacists who supported her and her husband [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], was instrumental in plotting the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Agathe Habyarimana was born Agathe Kanziga in 1942 in Gisenyi Prefecture. She came from a powerful family that had once ruled a Hutu city-state, and | Agathe Habyarimana was born Agathe Kanziga in 1942 in Gisenyi Prefecture. She came from a powerful family that had once ruled a Hutu city-state, and remained influential. In 1963, she was married to Juvenal Habyarimana. | ||
== Role in Rwandan politics == | == Role in Rwandan politics == | ||
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* She's not to be confused with Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda during the civil war. Ironically, they're polar opposites; Uwilingiyimana was a moderate, and declassified documents show that Habyarimana may have ordered her death. | * She's not to be confused with Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda during the civil war. Ironically, they're polar opposites; Uwilingiyimana was a moderate, and declassified documents show that Habyarimana may have ordered her death. | ||
* Some who blame the shootdown of her husband's plane on the Rwandan military believe [[Théoneste Bagosora]], her right-hand man, ordered the strike. | * Some who blame the shootdown of her husband's plane on the Rwandan military believe [[Théoneste Bagosora]], her right-hand man, ordered the strike. | ||
* Agathe is similar to [[Adolf Eichmann]], | * Agathe is similar to [[Adolf Eichmann]] and [[Reinhard Heydrich]], who were also leaders of genocide planning groups. Although, Eichmann admitted to his crimes, whereas Habyarimana claimed she had no idea there was any genocide against the Tutsi. | ||
[[Category:Master Manipulator]] | [[Category:Master Manipulator]] | ||
[[Category:Genocidal]] | [[Category:Genocidal]] |