Félicien Gatabazi (died 21 February 1994) was a Rwandan politician who was killed in the lead-up to the Rwandan genocide. At the time of his death he was secretary general of the

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and served as Minister of Public Works and Energy.

Career

Gatabazi had served in the government of President Juvénal Habyarimana in the 1970s and he was dismissed in a cabinet reshuffle on 8 January 1984. In 1992, Gatabazi's Social Democratic Party entered government and Gatabazi became minister in the cabinet of

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. Gatabazi was perceived to be a moderate Hutu.

Death

After returning home from a political meeting Gatabazi was shot and killed in

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. Shortly after Gatabazi's death an angry crowd killed Martin Bucyana, president of the Coalition for the Defence of the Republic, in Butare, hometown of Gatabazi.

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