Editing Augustin Bizimungu

{{Villain_Infobox
|image = Augustin_Bizimumgu.jpg
|fullname = Augustin Bizimungu
|alias = 
|origin = Byumba, Mukaranje Commune, Rwanda
|occupation = Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army (April 16, 1994 - July 15, 1994)
|type of villain = Warlord
|goals = Exterminate all Tutsis in Rwanda (failed)
|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]
|hobby = }}'''Augustin Bizimungu''' (August 28th, 1952 - ) was a senior officer in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Armed_Forces Rwandan Armed Forces] (FAR). In 1994, he briefly served as chief of staff of the army. During this time, he trained the soldiers and [[Interahamwe]] guerrillas who carried out the [[Rwandan Genocide]].

==Biography==
Bizimungu was born in Byumba préfecture, Mukaranje Commune, Mugina Secteur, Nyange Cellule, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda Rwanda].

An ethnic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu Hutu], Bizimungu held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the FAR on 6 April 1994. That day, following the death of army chief of staff Déogratias Nsabimana in a plane crash alongside President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], Bizimungu was promoted to Major-General and appointed as permanent chief of the army.<ref name = general>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2195666.stm Rwanda's 'genocide general'], ''BBC News''</ref>

Upon fleeing the country following the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front|RPF]] victory, he allegedly said "the RPF will rule over a desert."<ref name = general></ref>

On 12 April 2002, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] (ICTR) issued an arrest warrant for Bizimungu, who was apparently working with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola Angolan] rebel movement [[UNITA]]. In August 2002, he was arrested by the Angolan government and taken to the U.N. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime War Crimes] Tribunal in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania Tanzania].<ref>[https://news.un.org/en/story/2002/08/42892 Former Rwandan army chief of staff arrested, transferred to UN war crimes tribunal], ''UN News''</ref> The trial adjourned until September 2008, whereupon Bizimungu was tried along with fellow FAR officers [[Augustin Ndindiliyimana]] (Chief of Staff of the National Gendarmerie), [[François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye]] (Commander of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Rwandan Army) and [[Innocent Sagahutu]] (Second-in-Command of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Rwandan Army). Bizimungu was sentenced to thirty years in prison for his part in the genocide on 17 May 2011.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/17/bizimungu-jailed-for-rwanda-genocide Rwanda genocide: former army head Augustin Bizimungu jailed], ''The Guardian''</ref>

Bizimungu is portrayed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fana_Mokoena Fana Mokoena] in the 2004 movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Rwanda Hotel Rwanda]''. He is portrayed much more sympathetically in the film, acting purely out of self-interest and not out of hatred for Tutsis. 
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