Prosper Mugiraneza

Prosper Mugiraneza is a former minister of civil service in Rwanda.[1] Mugiraneza was born in 1957 in Kigarama, Kibungo Province, Rwanda. He is a graduate of the National University of Rwanda in Butare, where he earned a law degree. Before becoming minister of civil service, Mugiraneza was a prosecutor and director general of the Ministry of Justice. He is married and has four children. His wife and children currently reside in Europe.

He was tried for genocide and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the trial beginning in 2003.[1][2] He was thought to be involved with the murder of Jean-Baptiste Habyalimana.[3]

He was convicted and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, but after a lengthy appeal, Mugiraneza was acquitted of all charges on 4 February 2013.[4] Agnès Ntamabyaliro Rutagwera who was also accused of being involved in Habyalimana's murder (and other crimes) is still serving a life sentence, albeit in Rwanda.[5]

References
  1. "Rwandan genocide trial delayed", Mail & Guardian, 3 November 2003, retrieved 2011-07-16
  2. Muramira, Gashegu (2011) "Rwanda: ICTR to Deliver Judgment On Four Former Ministers This Year", AllAfrica.com, 20 June 2011, retrieved 2011-07-16
  3. Rwanda genocide convictions overturned, 2013, AlJazeera, Retrieved 13 March 2016
  4. "Rwanda genocide: ICTR overturns ex-ministers' convictions". www.bbc.com. BBC Africa. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. Agnes Ntamabyariro, TRIAL International, Retrieved 30 December 2018.


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