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Jean Kambanda was born on 19 October, 1955 in Huye, Rwanda, is a Rwandan politician. Discover Jean Kambanda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Occupation Politician, banker, and former prime minister
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 19 October 1955
Birthday 19 October
Birthplace Huye, Rwanda
Nationality Rwandan

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1951

He is the only head of government to plead guilty to genocide, in the first group of such convictions since the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide came into effect in 1951.

Kambanda holds a degree in commercial engineering and began his career as a low-level United Popular BPR banker, rising as a technocrat to become the chair of the bank.

1955

Jean Kambanda (born October 19, 1955) is a Rwandan former politician who served as the Prime Minister of Rwanda in The Caretaker government from the start of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

1994

At the time of the April 1994 crisis he was vice president of the Butare section of the opposition Republican Democratic Movement (MDR).

He was sworn in as prime minister on April 9, 1994 after the president Juvénal Habyarimana and prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, were both assassinated.

He remained in the post for the hundred days of the genocide until July 19, 1994.

After leaving office he fled the country.

That testimony was the former Prime Minister's first and only public testimony on the 1994 events in Rwanda and in which he said that he had never found a plan to commit genocide.

The decisions of the ICTR regarding Kambanda have been subject to criticism.

In his appeal, Kambanda said that his confession had been in error, due to poor or misunderstood counsel.

He said that his objective was not to plead guilty but to tell the truth.

According to the ICTR appeal:

As a head of government convicted by an international court, Kambanda is an important figure, with the verdict against him forming a precedent against the legal principle of State Immunity (which was used to reject an extradition order for Augusto Pinochet, for example).

1997

Kambanda was arrested in Nairobi on July 18, 1997, after a seven-week multinational stakeout and transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

The court accused him of distributing small arms and ammunition in Butare and Gitarama with the knowledge that they would be used to massacre civilians.

He was found guilty after pleading guilty, a plea he later rescinded, but which rescission the Court did not accept.

1998

On September 4, 1998, the ICTR condemned Jean Kambanda to life imprisonment for:

Joy Mukanyange, the Rwandan Ambassador to Tanzania, was the only Rwandan official who attended the sentencing.

She thought it was fair that Kambanda received a life sentence and his crimes had been recognized by the international community.

She noted that Rwanda was "not looking for revenge".

2000

This verdict was upheld by the ICTR Appeal Chamber on October 19, 2000, and Kambanda is currently jailed in Koulikoro Prison in Mali.

Although Kambanda pleaded guilty after receiving legal counsel, his lawyer argued that the prime minister was a "puppet" of the military, who had dragged him from his bank, after killing the previous prime minister, to legitimize their control of their country.

He asked the ICTR for a sentence of two years because he acted "under duress with limited responsibility".

The court concluded that this defense against a charge of genocide was irrelevant.

2006

In 2006 he testified for the defence of Colonel Theoneste Bagosora in the 'Military 1' trial of senior military leaders.