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Pasteur Bizimungu

president of Rwanda

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Pasteur Bizimungu served as the president of Rwanda from 1994 to 2000. He was installed as president by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) after they established a transitional government following the end of the Rwandan genocide in 1994. While Paul Kagame held the position of vice president, he emerged as the de facto ruler. Bizimungu resigned from the presidency in 2000, after which Kagame ascended to the presidency.12

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