List of Hutus
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This is a list of famous Hutu
s who have Wikipedia biographies which include mention of Hutu identity.
Hutu
The Hutu , or Abahutu, are a Central African people, living mainly in Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo.-Population statistics:The Hutu are the largest of the three peoples in Burundi and Rwanda; according to the United States Central Intelligence Agency, 84% of Rwandans and 85% of Burundians...
s who have Wikipedia biographies which include mention of Hutu identity.
Africans other than Rwandans
- Frédéric BamvuginyumviraFrédéric BamvuginyumviraFrédéric Bamvuginyumvira was 1st Vice-President of Burundi from 11 June 1998 to 1 November 2001. He is a member of the Hutu ethnic group....
, 1st Vice-President of Burundi from 11 June 1998 to 1 November 2001. - Eugène Serufuli NgayabasekaEugène Serufuli NgayabasekaEugène Serufuli Ngayabaseka is a Congolese politician, the ex 2nd Vice President of the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma and was the governor of Nord-Kivu province from July 31, 2000 until 2007, when was succeeded by the RCD-K-ML candidate, Paluku Kahongya Julien.Serufuli is a Hutu member of...
, Congolese politician. - Gervais RufyikiriGervais RufyikiriGervais Rufyikiri has been the Second Vice President of Burundi since 2010. He became president of the Burundian Senate on 17 August 2005...
, Second Vice President of Burundi. - Agathon RwasaAgathon RwasaAgathon Rwasa is a Burundian politician and the leader of the National Liberation Forces . He was a Hutu militia leader during the Burundi Civil War.Rwasa was reported to be a Born-again Christian....
, Burundian politician and military leader. - Adrien SibomanaAdrien SibomanaAdrien Sibomana was the prime minister of Burundi from October 19, 1988 until July 10, 1993. He was a member of UPRONA. He is an ethnic Hutu and was appointed by the Tutsi President Pierre Buyoya in an unsuccessful attempt to appease Hutus by giving a few high government posts to them...
, prime minister of Burundi (1998-1993).
Rwandans
- Pasteur BizimunguPasteur BizimunguPasteur Bizimungu was the fifth President of Rwanda from 19 July 1994 until 23 March 2000. He is considered belonging to the Hutu caste/ethnic group and was born in the Gisenyi prefecture of Rwanda. Bizimungu worked within the Hutu MRND regime which ruled Rwanda , including as director general of...
, President of Rwanda. - Agathe HabyarimanaAgathe HabyarimanaAgathe Habyarimana is the widow of former President of Rwanda Juvénal Habyarimana. Kanziga is part of a Hutu lineage that long ruled an independent principality until the late nineteenth century...
, first lady of Rwanda (born 1953) - Juvenal HabyarimanaJuvénal HabyarimanaJuvénal Habyarimana was the third President of the Republic of Rwanda, the post he held longer than any other president to date, from 1973 until 1994. During his 20-year rule he favored his own ethnic group, the Hutus, and supported the Hutu majority in neighboring Burundi against the Tutsi...
, President of Rwanda. - Joseph KavarugandaJoseph KavarugandaJoseph Kavaruganda was a Rwandan judge, and president of Rwanda's Constitutional Court. He was killed at the beginning of the Rwandan Genocide....
, Rwandan judge. - Jacqueline MukansoneraJacqueline MukansoneraJacqueline Mukansonera is an ethnic Hutu from Rwanda who didn't hesitate to save Tutsi Yolande Mukagasana from genocide in 1994. Yolande turned to her at the hospital where she worked as a nurse. She was one of the first targets of the Hutu violence because she was seen as a member of the Tutsi...
, Rwandan human rights activist.
People convicted in connection with genocide
- Théoneste BagosoraThéoneste BagosoraColonel Théoneste Bagosora is a former Rwandan military officer. He is chiefly known for his key role in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. And for that, he is sentenced to life imprisonment by the ICTR.-History and career:...
, Rwandan military officer, convicted in connection with Rwandan genocide. - Simon BikindiSimon BikindiSimon Bikindi is a Rwandan singer-songwriter who was formerly very popular in Rwanda. His patriotic songs were playlist staples on the national radio station Radio Rwanda during the war from October 1990 to July 1994 before the Rwandan Patriotic Front took power...
, Rwandan singer-songwriter, convicted in connection with Rwandan genocide. - Froduald KaramiraFroduald KaramiraFroduald Karamira was a Rwandan politician who was found guilty of crimes in organising the implementation of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. He was sentenced to death by a Rwandan court and was one of the last 24 individuals executed by Rwanda.-Political career:Karamira was born in Mushubati, Rwanda...
, Rwandan politician, convicted in connection with Rwandan genocide. - Hassan NgezeHassan NgezeHassan Ngeze is a Rwandan journalist, best known for publishing the "Hutu Ten Commandments", which fomented anti-Tutsi feeling among Rwandan Hutus prior to the Rwandan Genocide....
, Rwandan journalist, convicted in connection with Rwandan genocide.