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    Lt.-col. Alexis Kanyarengwe sought political asylum in Tanzania on Jan. 5, 1981. He had held ministerial office continuously under the regime of president habyarimana. But he had in December 1980 lost his seat on the central committee of the MRNDB.

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    Lt.-col. Alexis Kanyarengwe sought political asylum in Tanzania on Jan. 5, 1981. He had held ministerial office continuously under the regime of president habyarimana. But he had in December 1980 lost his seat on the central committee of the MRNDB.

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    Keesing's Record of World Events (formerly Keesing's Contemporary Archives),

    Volume 27, February, 1981 Rwanda, Page 30740


    © 1931-2006 Keesing's Worldwide, LLC - All Rights Reserved.
    Feb 1981 - Flight of Government Minister -Earlier Alleged Coup Attempt - Development
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    Lt.-Col. Alexis Kanyarengwe, the Rwandan Minister of Public Service and Labour, sought political
    asylum in Tanzania on Jan. 5, 1981, after leaving Rwanda a week earlier.

    Although he had held ministerial office continuously under the regime of President Juvenal
    Habyarimana since the latter assumed power in a military coup in July 1973, Lt.-Col.
    Kanyarengwe had in December 1980 lost his seat on the central committee of the Mouvement
    revolutionnaire national pour le developpement (MRNDB), the country's sole legal political
    organization.

    At the MRND congress held in Kigali (the capital of Rwanda) on Dec. 17–21, 1980, it had also
    been decided that general elections should be held in mid-1981 for a new National Development
    Council, under the terms of the 1978 Constitution. Voting would be by universal suffrage and
    candidates (who would be members of the MRND) would be elected for a five-year term.

    Earlier developments included the arrest or dismissal of several ...

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