Name Prosper Mugiraneza | ||
Education National University of Rwanda | ||
Prosper Mugiraneza is a former minister of civil service in Rwanda. Mugiraneza was born in 1957 in Kigarama, Kibungo Province, Rwanda. He is a graduate of the National University of Rwanda in Butare, where he earned a law degree. Before becoming minister of civil service, Mugiraneza was a prosecutor and director general of the Ministry of Justice. He is married and has four children. His wife and children currently reside in Europe.
He was tried for genocide and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the trial beginning in 2003. He was thought to be involved with the murder of Jean Baptiste Habyarimana.
He was convicted and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, but after a lengthy appeal, Mugiraneza was acquitted of all charges on 4 February 2013. Agnès Ntamabyaliro Rutagwera who was also accused of being involved in Habyarimana's murder (and othe crimes) is still serving a life sentence.