Paul Kagame
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 67 |
| Web site | paulkagame.com |
| Date of birth | October 23,1957 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Ruanda-Urundi |
| Height | 188 (cm) |
| Spouse | Jeannette Kagame |
| Children | Ange Kagame |
| Ivan Cyomoro Kagame | |
| Ian Kagame | |
| Brian Kagame | |
| Job | Rebel |
| Education | Ntare School |
| Ntare Secondary School | |
| Makerere University | |
| Official site | paulkagame.com |
| Previous position | Chairperson of the African Union (2018–2019) |
| Movies/Shows | Inkotanyi |
| Rwanda: The Royal Tour | |
| Earth Made of Glass | |
| Parents | Deogratius Rutagambwa |
| Austeria Rutagambwa | |
| Presidential term | April 22, 2000 – |
| Party | Rwandan Patriotic Front |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 498913 |
Paul Kagame Life story
Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who is the fourth and current president of Rwanda since 2000. He previously served as a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a rebel armed force which invaded Rwanda in 1990.
British lawyers could be sent to Rwandan courts as part of asylum plans
... Mr Sunak met the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Friday, though declined afterwards to say how much more money he was willing to spend to see the asylum policy delivered...
Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda hero set to be freed
... But he became a fierce critic of Rwanda s President Paul Kagame...
Rwanda's electric vehicle push has a faltering start
... But Rwanda s president Paul Kagame wants to transform the economy of the tiny, landlocked country...
Why ex-French colonies are joining the Commonwealth
... " Yet Rwanda s President Paul Kagame, although lauded for overseeing undoubted social and economic development progress, is accused by rights groups of being uncompromisingly authoritarian in the exercise of power...
Diversity is Commonwealth's strength, Prince Charles due to say
... Before the summit, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will meet the Rwandan president Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeanette Kagame, Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Scotland and Mr Johnson and his wife...
Why a Rwandan sports reporter fled his home
... It was not a decision he took lightly - as he is now afraid he will be hunted down by agents of President Paul Kagame s government, which has been known to...
UK-Rwanda asylum seekers' deal: Good news for Kigali hotels
... " Rwanda has totally transformed over the last few decades, it s a very, very different country from what it was, " he said recently, although much of the criticism is aimed at President Paul Kagame s government, has been in power since 1994...
Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda hero's family files $400m US lawsuit
... But Rusesabagina s journey from celebrated humanitarian to Rwandan state enemy happened as his criticism of the post-genocide government and President Paul Kagame gained a wider audience...
Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda hero set to be freed
Paul Rusesabagina , a former Hotel Manager portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda , is to be released from prison in Kigali.
Two years ago, by a Rwandan court in what supporters called a sham trial.
A government spokesperson said Mr Rusesabagina's sentence had been " commuted by presidential order".
Mr Rusesabagina, 68, is credited with saving some 1,200 people during the 1994 genocide.
In a statement His Family told The Bbc : " We Are pleased to hear The News about Paul's release. The Family is hopeful to reunite with him soon. "
There have been international calls for Mr Rusesabagina's release, especially from the United States , where he had lived since 2009. The Biden administration has said he was " wrongfully detained".
His Family say the Rwandan government lured him from Texas, where he had permanent residency, back to Rwanda in 2020.
Mr Rusesabagina left Rwanda in 1996. His story remained largely unknown for a decade, while he worked as a Taxi Driver in the Belgian capital, Brussels.
It was featured in a section of journalist Philip Gourevitch 's 1998 book about the genocide, but it was the 2004 Hollywood movie, where he was Played By Don Cheadle , that brought him global attention.
The Rwandan Genocide lasted 100 Days from April 1994, when 800,000 people, mostly from the Tutsi Ethnic Group , were slaughtered by extremists from the Hutu community.
Mr Rusesabagina - a Hotel Manager at The Time - Protected some 1,200 people from the violence, after they sought shelter in The Building .
The Following year he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-US President George W Bush for his efforts. But he became a fierce critic of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame .
In a 2018 video message, Mr Rusesabagina called for a regime change, saying that " The Time has come for us to use any means possible to bring about change in Rwanda".
He was arrested in 2020, when, according to his supporters, a private jet he believed would take him to Burundi, instead landed in the Rwandan capital Kigali.
In September 2021 he was found guilty of backing a rebel group behind deadly attacks in 2018 and 2019 in Rwanda.
More about the Rwandan Genocide : Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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