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'''Grégoire Kayibanda''' (May 1, 1924 – December 15, 1976) was a Rwandan tyrant 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 under house arrest. | '''Grégoire Kayibanda''' (May 1, 1924 – December 15, 1976) was a Rwandan tyrant 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 under house arrest. | ||
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Grégoire Kayibanda (May 1, 1924 – December 15, 1976) was a Rwandan tyrant 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 under house arrest.