Ruler · 1924 – 1976

Grégoire Kayibanda

Lived 1924 – 1976; politician. President of Rwanda (Rwanda), 1961 – 1973. The atlas files them under Belgian Congo.

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Lived: 1924 – 1976; 52 years
In office: 12 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Rwanda
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Rwanda

Rwanda · the 2nd of 6 dated reigns · 1961 – 2000

Dominique Mbonyumutwa1961

Grégoire Kayibanda1961 – 1973

Juvénal Habyarimana1973 – 1994

Théodore Sindikubwabo1994

Pasteur Bizimungu1994 – 2000

1 after

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

Reigned 1961 – 1973 · 12 years · came to it aged 37

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1973 by his defense minister, Juvénal Habyarimana, and died three years later.

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