Callixte Kalimanzira

Callixte Kalimanzira (1953 – October 1, 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 June 22, 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 October 1, 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^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. http://unictr.unmict.org/sites/unictr.org/files/case-documents/ictr-05-88/indictments/en/050721.pdf^{[bare URL 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. "ICTR-05-88 | United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda".
6. "Enforcement of sentences". United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Retrieved 24 December 2018.