Augustin Ngirabatware (born 12 January 1957) is a Rwandan politician who participated in the Rwandan genocide and has been convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Ngirabatware was born in 1957. He is an ethnic Hutu from Gisenyi commune."Rwanda genocide suspect deported to Africa". UPI (9 October 2008). Retrieved 16 November 2008.
At the time of the genocide, Ngirabatware was serving Rwandan's Minister of Planning in the government of Juvénal Habyarimana, and was a member of the Gisenyi provincial committee for the MRND party.
Ngirabatware was arrested in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 17 September 2007"Genocide suspect found in Frankfurt", The Times (21 September 2007). Retrieved 16 November 2008. and transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in October 2008."Ngirabatware taken to Arusha". Radio Netherlands Worldwide (8 October 2008). Retrieved 16 November 2008.
On 20 December 2012, he was sentenced to 35 years in jail for incitement to genocide,. reduced to 30 years on appeal on 18 December 2014.
References
"Zoom: The accused still on the run", Hirondelle.org, (30 March 2004).
External links U.S. State Department press release about Ngirabatware, 29 July 2002