André Ntagerura (born 2 June 1950) is a

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

n politician. He is chiefly known for having been accused and acquitted of having a role in the Rwandan genocide.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Decision in ''THE PROSECUTOR v. ANDRÉ NTAGERURA, EMMANUEL BAGAMBIKI, SAMUEL IMANISHIMWE''. 25 February 2004, accessed 15 December 2008. Born in Rwanda of Hutu ethnicity, Ntagerura pursued formal education in Quebec, Canada. Ntagerura held a number of portfolios in the government of Juvénal Habyarimana from 1977 to 1994. During the 1994 genocide, he was the Minister of Transport and Communications and a leading member of the MRND party which then held power. He was alleged to have coordinated the genocide conducted by Interahamwe militia through his party connections. Ntagerura was detained with Colonel

Théoneste Bagosora Théoneste Bagosora (16 August 1941 – 25 September 2021) was a Rwandan military officer. He was chiefly known for his key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal ...

, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where he was acquitted of all charges on 25 February 2004.

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