Augustin Bizimungu ( fr. Augustin Bizimungu , August 28, 1952 ) - former General of the Armed Forces of Rwanda. In 1994, he served as Army Chief of Staff for a short time. He trained the soldiers and militias who carried out the genocide in Rwanda . [1] Ethnic Hutu .
| Augustin Bizimungu | |
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| fr. Augustin Bizimungu | |
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| Date of Birth | August 28, 1952 (67 years old) |
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| Affiliation |  Rwanda |
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| Years of service | 1994 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Commanded | Armed Forces of Rwanda |
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Biography
Augustin Bizimungu was born in Byumba Prefecture (present-day Northern Province of Rwanda ) [2] .
Bisimungu had the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Armed Forces of Rwanda until April 6, 1994. That day, after the death of Army Chief of Staff Deograsy Nsabimana ( fr. Déogratias Nsabimana ) in a plane crash, along with President Juvenal Habyarimana , Bisimungu was promoted to Major General and appointed commander of the troops [3] .
On April 12, 2002, the International Tribunal for Rwanda issued an arrest warrant to Bizimungu, who had been working with the UNITA rebel movement in Angola at that time. In August 2002, he was arrested by the Angolan government and taken to the location of the UN tribunal in Tanzania [4] . The trial was adjourned until September 2008, after which Bisimungu was convicted along with other officers of the Armed Forces of Rwanda: Augustin Ndindiliyimana ( fr. Augustin Ndindiliyimana ; chief of staff of the National Gendarmerie), Francois Xavier Nzuvonejonemey ( fr. Françoiswione-Xiermerie ; François-wiermerie ; Xérie-Xavier Bermeier ; Rwandan army) and Innosen Sagahutu ( fr. Innocent Sagahutu ; deputy commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the Rwandan army) [5] . On May 17, 2011, Bizimungu was sentenced to thirty years in prison for participating in the genocide. [6]
Interesting Facts
- In the movie Hotel Rwanda , Bisimungu plays Fana Mokoena . [7]
Links
- Trial Watch: Augustin Bizimungu (link unavailable )
Notes
- ↑ ICTR press release about Bizimungu , ICTR. (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Indictment against Bizimungu . ICTR Archived March 23, 2013.
- ↑ Dallaire, Roméo. Ch. 11: To Go or To Stay? // Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda . - P. 292–293.
- ↑ Rwanda's genocide court to try 'big fish' , Toronto: The Globe and Mail (August 15, 2002). Archived on September 30, 2007. Date of treatment February 7, 2008.
- ↑ Augustin Bizimungu . Trial Watch. Date of treatment August 11, 2008. Archived on April 14, 2008.
- ↑ Rwanda genocide: Ex-army chief given 30-year sentence , BBC News (May 17, 2011). Archived on May 17, 2011. Date of treatment May 17, 2011.
- ↑ imdb: Hotel Rwanda (2004)