Protais Zigiranyirazo

Protais Zigiranyirazo
Born(1938-02-02)2 February 1938
Giciye commune, Ruanda-Urundi
Died3 August 2025(2025-08-03) (aged 87)
Niamey, Niger
Other namesMr Z
Alma materUniversité du Québec à Montréal
OccupationPolitician
RelativesAgathe Habyarimana (sister)

Protais Zigiranyirazo (2 February 1938 – 3 August 2025), commonly known as Monsieur Zed or Mr. Z, was a Rwandan businessman and politician who was governor of the Ruhengeri prefecture in northwestern Rwanda from 1974 to 1989. Zigiranyirazo was a member of the Akazu, an elite circle of relatives and friends of former President Juvénal Habyarimana who pushed the Hutu Power ideology.

Accused of war crimes during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, he was ultimately acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, after spending six years in prison.

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