Callixte Kalimanzira

Callixte Kalimanzira (1953–1 october 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 22 June 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 1 October 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. http://unictr.unmict.org/en/cases/ictr-05-88
  6. "Enforcement of sentences". United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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