Callixte Kalimanzira (1953 – October 1, 2015) was the interior minister of the interim government of Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.

Kalimanzira was born in 1953 in Muganza Commune, Butare Prefecture.[1]

Kalimanzira was indicted in 2005 by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for his actions during the genocide on three counts: genocide, complicity in genocide and direct and public incitement to commit genocide;[2] he pleaded not guilty.[3] On June 22, 2009, Kalimanzira was sentenced to 30 years in prison for two counts of genocide and direct and public incitement to commit genocide.[4] The sentence was reduced on appeal to 25 years imprisonment in October 2010.[5] Kalimanzira died on October 1, 2015, while serving his sentence in Benin.[6]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://unictr.irmct.org/sites/unictr.org/files/case-documents/ictr-05-88/appeals-chamber-judgements/en/101020.pdf
  2. ↑ http://unictr.unmict.org/sites/unictr.org/files/case-documents/ictr-05-88/indictments/en/050721.pdf
  3. ↑ "Ex-minister jailed for genocide". BBC Online. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  4. ↑ Chhatbar, Sukhdev (June 22, 2009). "Ex-minister gets 30 years in Rwanda genocide". Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  5. ↑ "ICTR-05-88 | United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda".
  6. ↑ "Enforcement of sentences". United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Retrieved 24 December 2018.


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