Habyarimana's Coup in Rwanda

Date: July 5, 1973 • Location: Rome, Italy

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1973–1994.

Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) orchestrated a bloodless coup d'état of the Rwandan government and began a totalitarian dictatorship.

Juvénal Habyarimana was a Rwandan politician and military dictator who was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994.