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Augustin Bizimungu (born 28 August 1952 ) is a former general in the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR). In 1994 , he briefly served as chief of staff of the army. During this time, he is alleged to have trained the soldiers and Guerrillas who carried out the Rwandan Genocide . Bizimungu was born in Byumba préfecture, Mukaranje Commune, Mugina Secteur, Nyange Cellule, Rwanda . An ethnic Hutu , Bizimungu held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the FAR as of April 6 1994 . That day, following the death of army chief of staff Déogratias Nsabimana in a plane crash alongside President Juvénal Habyarimana , Bizimungu was promoted to Major-General and appointed as permanent chief of the army. On 12 April , 2002 , the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda (ICTR) issued an arrest warrant for Bizimungu, who was apparently working with the Angola n rebel movement UNITA . In August of 2002, he was arrested by the Angolan government and taken to the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal in Tanzania . Bizimungu is portrayed by Fana Mokoena in the 2004 Movie Hotel Rwanda . REFERENCES |
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