Edouard Karemera
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Edouard Karemera (born 1951) is a former Rwandan politician. He is chiefly known for his alleged role in the Rwandan Genocide.
Born in Mabanza commune, Kibuya préfecture, Rwanda, of Hutu ethnicity, Karemana held the position of Minister of Institutional Relations in the government of Juvénal Habyarimana of May 1987.
After Habyarimana's assassination, he became Minister of the Interior in the interim government of Jean Kambanda until mid-July 1994. From July 1993 he was also Vice-Chairman of the MRND party.
Karemera fled Rwanda after its conquest by the RPF army. On 5 June 1998, he was arrested at his home in Lomé, Togo. His initial trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was suspended after the judge Andresia Vaz resigned. He new trial began on September 19, 2005.
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- ^ Indictment against Karemera, from the ICTR
- ^ Trial Watch: Edouard Karemera
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