Édouard Karemera

Édouard Karemera (1 September 1951 – 31 August 2020) was a Rwandan politician who was chiefly known for his role in the Rwandan genocide.

Édouard Karemera
Born(1951-09-01)1 September 1951
Kibuye, Rwanda-Urundi
Died31 August 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 68)
Sebikotane prison, Dakar, Senegal
NationalityRwandan
Political partyRepublican Democratic Movement
Conviction(s)Crime against humanity
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment (21 December 2011)
Date apprehended
5 June 1998
Imprisoned atSenegal

Born in Mwendo commune, Kibuye préfecture, Rwanda, Karemera held the position of Minister of Institutional Relations in the government of Juvénal Habyarimana of May 1987.[1]

After Habyarimana's assassination, he became Minister of the Interior in the interim government of Jean Kambanda until mid-July 1994. During 1994 he was also First Vice President of the MRND party.[2]

Karemera fled Rwanda after the genocide. On 5 June 1998, he was arrested at his home in Lomé, Togo. His initial trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was suspended after the judge Andresia Vaz resigned because she had lived with a prosecutor. His new trial began on 19 September 2005.[3] He was accused along with the rest of the prisoners and tried together with Matthieu Ngirumpatse, the President of the MRND, and sentenced to life imprisonment on 21 December 2011, at the age of 62, for his role in the genocide.[4] He appealed the verdict, although the sentence of life imprisonment was confirmed on 29 September 2014.[3] Karemera died on 31 August 2020 in Sebikotane prison outside Dakar, Senegal.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. The Prosecutor v. Edouard Karemera and Matthieu Ngirumpatse: Judgement and Sentence, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Case No. ICTR-98-44-T, Arusha, 2 February 2012.
  2. Indictment against Karemera, from the ICTR
  3. TRIAL International: Edouard Karemera
  4. "Rwandan politicians handed life sentence for genocide". The Globe and Mail. Reuters. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.
  5. "Un ex-ministre et acteur majeur du génocide rwandais meurt en détention à Dakar" (in French). Seneweb. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020.
  6. "Rwanda genocide convict dies in Senegalese prison". Pars Today. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.


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