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|goals = Keep the Tutsis out of the government (failed)<br>Implement the Arusha Accords (failed) | |goals = Keep the Tutsis out of the government (failed)<br>Implement the Arusha Accords (failed) | ||
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{{Quote|Our job is to cultivate. All the rest is good luck.|Juvénal Habyarimana}}'''Juvénal Habyarimana''' (March 8, 1937 – April 6, 1994) was the 2nd President of the Republic of Rwanda, serving from 1973 until 1994. He was nicknamed "Kinani", a Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible". He described himself as a "Moderate Hutu" and even allowed ethnic Tutsis to start their own businesses, yet tried to keep them out of government. | {{Quote|Our job is to cultivate. All the rest is good luck.|Juvénal Habyarimana}}'''Juvénal Habyarimana''' (March 8, 1937 – April 6, 1994) was the 2nd President of the Republic of Rwanda, serving from 1973 until 1994. He was nicknamed "Kinani", a Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible". He described himself as a "Moderate Hutu" and even allowed ethnic Tutsis to start their own businesses, yet tried to keep them out of government. | ||
== Biography == | ==Biography== | ||
Juvénal Habyarimana was born on March 8, 1937, in Gisenyi, Ruanda-Urundi to a wealthy Hutu family. After receiving a primary education, he attended the College of Saint Paul in Bukavu, Belgian Congo, where he graduated with a degree in mathematics and humanities. In 1958 he enrolled in Lovanium University's medical school in Léopoldville. After the beginning of the Rwandan Revolution the following year, Habyarimana left Lovanium and enrolled in the officer training school in Kigali. He graduated with distinction in 1961 and became an aide to the Belgian commander of the force in Rwanda. He married [[Agathe Habyarimana|Agathe Kanziga]] in 1962. | Juvénal Habyarimana was born on March 8, 1937, in Gisenyi, Ruanda-Urundi to a wealthy Hutu family. After receiving a primary education, he attended the College of Saint Paul in Bukavu, Belgian Congo, where he graduated with a degree in mathematics and humanities. In 1958 he enrolled in Lovanium University's medical school in Léopoldville. After the beginning of the Rwandan Revolution the following year, Habyarimana left Lovanium and enrolled in the officer training school in Kigali. He graduated with distinction in 1961 and became an aide to the Belgian commander of the force in Rwanda. He married [[Agathe Habyarimana|Agathe Kanziga]] in 1962. | ||
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On April 6, 1994, he died when his plane, which also transported the president of neighboring Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira, was shot down over Kigali by a surface-to-air missile. His assassination ignited ethnic tensions in the region and helped spark the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. | On April 6, 1994, he died when his plane, which also transported the president of neighboring Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira, was shot down over Kigali by a surface-to-air missile. His assassination ignited ethnic tensions in the region and helped spark the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. | ||
To this day, it is unknown who fired the missile that shot down Habyarimana's plane. Some believe that it was the RPF acting on orders from Paul Kagame, while others believe that it was [[Hutu Power]] followers within the Rwandan Army (possibly acting on orders from Colonel [[Théoneste Bagosora]].) | To this day, it is unknown who fired the missile that shot down Habyarimana's plane. Some believe that it was the RPF acting on orders from Paul Kagame, while others believe that it was [[Hutu Power]] followers within the Rwandan Army (possibly acting on orders from Colonel [[Théoneste Bagosora]].) When Juvénal Habyarimana signs a power-sharing peace agreement with the RPF, Hutu extremists begin to wonder if the president has not become a "traitor". In December 1993, the extremist magazine Kangura headlined "Habyarimana will die in March 1994", claiming that the killers were Hutus bought by the "cockroaches" (members of the RPF). | ||
After his death, his remains somehow ended up in the hands of [[Mobutu Sese Seko]], the president of neighboring Zaire. Mobutu kept Habyarimana's remains in a private mausoleum in Gbadolite. Mobutu promised Habyarimana's family that his body would eventually be given a proper burial in Rwanda. However, once the First Congo War got under way, this never came to fruition, and Mobutu would eventually flee the country all together. What exactly happened to Habyarimana's remains after this is unknown, though it is widely believed that they were burned and buried somewhere in Kinasha. | After his death, his remains somehow ended up in the hands of [[Mobutu Sese Seko]], the president of neighboring Zaire. Mobutu kept Habyarimana's remains in a private mausoleum in Gbadolite. Mobutu promised Habyarimana's family that his body would eventually be given a proper burial in Rwanda. However, once the First Congo War got under way, this never came to fruition, and Mobutu would eventually flee the country all together. What exactly happened to Habyarimana's remains after this is unknown, though it is widely believed that they were burned and buried somewhere in Kinasha. | ||
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