André Kagwa Rwisereka
André Kagwa Rwisereka | |
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Vice-President of the Democratic Green Party | |
In office 14 August 2009 – 13 July 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nyaruguru, Southern Province, Rwanda | 31 December 1949
Died | 13 July 2010 Butare, Southern Province, Rwanda | (aged 60)
Political party | Democratic Green Party of Rwanda |
André Kagwa Rwisereka (31 December 1949 – 13 July 2010) was vice-chairman of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, a political party founded in August 2009 in Rwanda. He was found murdered and partially beheaded near a wetland in Butare on 14 July 2010.[1][2] The party chairman Frank Habineza was among opposition leaders who called for an independent international investigation into the murder, which may have had a political motivation.[3]
Rwisereka was born on 31 December 1949 in Rusenge,
Nyaruguru, Southern Province
, Rwanda.
In the early 1960s he went into political exile in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he was a senior member of the Rwandan Patriotic Front
during its struggle to liberate Rwanda.
After returning to Rwanda he became a prominent businessman in Butare.
He was a founding member of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda on 14 August 2009.[4]
See also
Other opponents or perceived opponents of the Rwandan government murdered between 2010 and 2012:
- Charles Ingabire (politician)
- Jean-Léonard Rugambage (journalist)
- Théogène Turatsinze (businessman)
References
- ^ KEZIO-MUSOKE DAVID (14 July 2010). "Opposition Leader Found Dead". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ISBN 978-1-107-67879-8.
- ^ "Opposition Wants Probe Into Politician's Death". Radio France Internationale (Paris). 15 July 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "Call for international inquiry into the assassination of Rwandan Green Party Vice-Chair, Andre Rwisereka". Rwanda Information Portal. 15 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-11.