Paul Kagame
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 66 |
| 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's family files $400m US lawsuit
The Family of Paul Rusesabagina , the subject of Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda , have filed a $400m (£307m) lawsuit in the United States over his alleged abduction and torture.
He by a Rwandan court Last Year in what supporters called a sham trial.
His Family say the Rwandan government lured him from Texas, where he was living In Exile , back to Rwanda.
He is credited with saving some 1,200 people during the 1994 genocide.
In a statement, Rusesabagina's family accused the Rwandan government and high-ranking officials of conspiring to " facilitate and execute an elaborate plot to lure" Rusesabagina from his home in San Antonio to Rwanda " where he would be tortured and illegally detained for The Remainder of his life".
The Statement added that the $400m sought in compensation will " grow Every Day that Paul Rusesabagina is held in captivity. "
The complaint was filed in Washington Dc , The Statement said, and has been served on the government of Rwanda, which has Not Yet commented publicly, nor responded to The Bbc 's request for comment.
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.
Rusesabagina - a Hotel Manager at The Time - Protected some 1,200 people from the violence, after they sought shelter in The Building . The Hollywood film, Hotel Rwanda , was made in 2004, and featured Don Cheadle as Rusesabagina.
The Following year he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-US President George W Bush for his efforts.
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.
In a 2018 video message, 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 after arriving back in Rwanda. In September Last Year he was found guilty of backing a rebel group behind deadly attacks in 2018 and 2019 in Rwanda.
At The Time , the US, where Rusesabagina is a resident, said it was concerned by The Conviction .
Find out more about the Rwandan Genocide :Source of news: bbc.com
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