Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (born 1937)

Juvénal Habyarimana

Juvénal Habyarimana was a Rwandan politician and military officer who was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994. He was nicknamed Kinani, a Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible".

Born

1937

March 8

Died

1994

Era

1930s

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Juvénal, in brief

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1937 Born
1994 Died

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The world in 1937

When Juvénal arrived

april 1 Aden becomes a British crown colony.
april 1 The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
april 12 Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
april 26 Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria.

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