André Kagwa Rwisereka

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André Kagwa Rwisereka
Vice-President of the Democratic Green Party
In office
14 August 2009 – 13 July 2010
Personal details
Born(1949-12-31)31 December 1949
Died13 July 2010(2010-07-13) (aged 60)
Butare, Southern Province, Rwanda
Political partyDemocratic 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,

, 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:

References

  1. ^ KEZIO-MUSOKE DAVID (14 July 2010). "Opposition Leader Found Dead". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
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  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.