June 21, 1928 - Théodore Sindikubwabo
A trained pediatrician and parliamentary figure, Sindikubwabo was installed as interim head of state within days of the killings beginning — placed there by the military figures who orchestrated the genocide rather than through any constitutional process. In that role he presided over a government that oversaw the systematic killing of an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu over roughly 100 days. He died in exile in 1998, never having faced a tribunal for his role during those months.
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Théodore Sindikubwabo (1928 – March 1998) was a Rwandan politician who was the interim President of Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide, from 8 April to 19 July 1994. Prior to that, he was President of the Rwandan legislature National Development Council from 1988–1994.
Sindikubwabo was born in Zivu, Shyanda village, in the town of Butare, formerly called Astrida in Rwanda-Urundi Territory, and currently the southern province of Rwanda. His parents Zacharrie Semutwa and Judithe Nyiramanda were both from the Hutu ethnic group. Sindikubwabo was educated as a physician and was Minister of Health in the administration of President Kayibanda. Following the takeover by Juvénal Habyarimana, Sindikubwabo became a practising pediatrician in Kigali Central Hospital. He later returned to politics as a deputy in parliament.
Immediately following the assassinations of Habyarimana on 6 April 1994 and Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana on 7 April, Sindikubwabo was installed as interim President by the Crisis Committee controlled by Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, and he was the head of state during the genocide.
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