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Paul Kagame

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Paul Kagame

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Also known as Szanowny Paul Kagame, Jego Ekscelencja Paul Kagame

President of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)

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Paul Kagame is a person affiliated with the Office of the President of Rwanda and the Office of the President. Born on October 23, 1957, he maintains an official website and has a social media following of 2,985,893. His work is referenced by 957 other encyclopedia articles.

As an author, Paul Kagamé has one recorded work titled *Vers un nouveau Rwanda?*. Crossref data indicates a total of five works associated with him. He has also been quoted stating, "There is no hiding place for you from these very facts of our history," and "Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story."

MusicBrainz lists him as a person from Japan. On Last.fm, the name Paul Kagame is associated with seven listeners and twelve plays.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Vers un nouveau Rwanda?

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Origin
Japan

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
12

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

    · 1958 · cited 70,831x

  2. “Mini-mental state”

    · 1975 · cited 68,300x

  3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

    · 2009 · cited 46,854x

  4. Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks

    · 2003 · cited 45,784x

  5. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,569x

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Quotes

  • “There is no hiding place for you from these very facts of our history.”
  • “Africa’s story has been written by others; we need to own our problems and solutions and write our story..”
  • “In 2024, we marked 30 years since the Genocide against the Tutsi, and the liberation of our country. These dual anniversaries serve as a powerful reminder of how far we have come, driven by a shared purpose to move forward and rebuild. Together let us continue on this path.”
  • “Unfortunately, we continue to see instability in our region along our borders. I want to assure you that Rwanda's security and sovereignty will always be fully protected, by all means necessary.”
  • “Shortcuts and temporary fixes can not resolve this issue. There has to be a comprehensive solution that deals with root causes, in the medium and long term, which should guarantee lasting peace for all the peoples of our region. This is important for all of us, without exception.”
  • “There is no peace for some and not for others. We all need the same peace. We will continue to stand for historical clarity regarding our situation, and will never accept to be painted as something we are not.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Kagame (/kəˈɡɑːmeɪ/ kə-GAH-may; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the president of Rwanda since 2000. He was previously considered Rwanda's de facto leader between 1994 and 2000, while Vice President and Minister of Defence under President Pasteur Bizimungu, until assuming the Presidency in 2000. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded Rwanda in 1990. The RPF was one of the main belligerents of the Rwandan Civil War and was the armed force which ended the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Born to a Tutsi family in southern Rwanda that fled to Uganda when he was two years old, Kagame spent the rest of his childhood there during the Rwandan Revolution, which ended Tutsi political dominance. In the 1980s, Kagame fought in Yoweri Museveni's rebel army becoming a senior Ugandan army officer after many military victories led Museveni to the Ugandan presidency. Kagame joined the RPF, taking control of the group when previous leader Fred Rwigyema died on the second day of the 1990 invasion. By 1993, the RPF controlled significant territory in Rwanda and a ceasefire was negotiated. The assassination of Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana set off the genocide, in which Hutu extremists killed an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu. Kagame resumed the civil war and ended the genocide with a military victory.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul Kagame” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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