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1994 in Rwanda
Summary
The following lists events that happened during
1994
in the
Republic of Rwanda
.
←
1993
1992
1991
1994
in
Rwanda
→
1995
1996
1997
Decades:
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
See also:
Other events of 1994
List of years in Rwanda
Incumbents
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President
:
until 6 April:
Juvénal Habyarimana
6 April-19 July:
Théodore Sindikubwabo
(acting)
starting 19 July:
Pasteur Bizimungu
Prime Minister
:
until 6 April:
Agathe Uwilingiyimana
9 April-19 July:
Jean Kambanda
starting 19 July:
Faustin Twagiramungu
Events
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April 6
edit
April 6 - The airplane carrying Rwandan President
Juvénal Habyarimana
and
Burundian
President
Cyprien Ntaryamira
was
shot down
as it prepared to land in
Kigali
. This was the major cause for the
Rwandan genocide
.
April 7 - The
Hutu
Rwandans started murdering thousands of
Tutsi
Rwandans and moderate Hutus. Prime Minister
Agathe Uwilingiyimana
was among those murdered.
April 8 -
Théodore Sindikubwabo
becomes interim President of Rwanda.
April 21 - The
Red Cross
estimates that hundreds of thousands of Tutsi have been killed in Rwanda.
April 30 -
Rwandan genocide
A discussion on the genocide is made at the
United Nations Security Council
, with the omission of the word "genocide" to describe the killings.
[1]
Tens of thousands of Tutsi Rwandans flee to
Zaire
,
Burundi
and
Tanzania
.
[1]
May
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May 17 - The
United Nations
agrees to send 6,800 troops to Rwanda to defend the civilians.
[1]
July
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July 4 - The Hutu government is finally defeated by the
Rwandan Patriotic Front
, thus ending the genocide.
July 18 - Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture
Gisenyi
, forcing the interim government into
Zaire
.
August
edit
August 21 - The Rwandan Patriotic Front controls the whole of Rwanda.
[2]
Deaths
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April
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6 April
Juvénal Habyarimana
, politician, President (1973–1994; born 1937)
Déogratias Nsabimana
, general, Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army (born 1945)
7 April
Joseph Kavaruganda
, jurist, President of the Constitutional Court (1979–1994; born 1935)
Lando Ndasingwa
, politician and businessman
Faustin Rucogoza
, politician
Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba
, married couple and Catholic martyrs
Agathe Uwilingiyimana
, politician, Prime Minister (1993–1994; born 1953)
20 April –
Rosalie Gicanda
, Queen (1942–1959), Queen Dowager (1959–1994; born 1928)
References
edit
^
a
b
c
"Rwanda Chronology"
. Retrieved
2 March
2015
.
^
Notholt, Stuart (2008).
Fields of Fire: An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict
. Troubador Publishing. p. 2.24.
ISBN
1-906510-47-4
.