Ruler · 1921 – 1986

Dominique Mbonyumutwa

Lived 1921 – 1986; politician. President of Rwanda (Rwanda), 1961. The atlas files them under Belgian Congo.

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Lived: 1921 – 1986; 65 years
Lines: 1; Rwanda
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Rwanda

Rwanda · the 1st of 6 dated reigns · 1961 – 2000

Dominique Mbonyumutwa1961

Grégoire Kayibanda1961 – 1973

Juvénal Habyarimana1973 – 1994

Théodore Sindikubwabo1994

2 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officethis entry

Reigned 1961 · under a year · came to it aged 40

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Mbonyumutwa stepped down as interim president, and Grégoire Kayibanda was chosen by the assemblymembers to succeed him.

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