Legal Legacy
As a head of government convicted by an international court, Kambanda is an important figure, with the verdict against him forming a precedent against the legal principle of State Immunity (which was used to reject an extradition order for Augusto Pinochet, for example).
| Preceded by Agathe Uwilingiyimana |
Prime Minister of Rwanda April 9, 1994 – July 19, 1994 |
Succeeded by Faustin Twagiramungu |
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