Chantal Kabasinga is a Rwandan politician and the president of the
Association of Widows of Genocide in Rwanda.
Early life
Kabasinga was born in
Gicumbi District in the
Northern Province.
Rwandan genocide
Kabasinga's husband, a
Tutsi
The Tutsi (), or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest Bantu ethnic grou ...
, was killed in 1994
Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...
, Kabasinga and her 18-month-old daughter survived.
Career
As of 2012, Kabasinga was serving her second term as the president of Avega Agahozo, ( in French and ''Association of Widows of the Genocide'' in English) in Rwanda after having first been elected in 2008.
She also worked as an advisor at the Ruhuka Trauma Center in
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
.
In 2011, in her role as president, she denounced
Lantos Foundation
Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Holocaust survivor and American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democr ...
for its decision to give a human rights prize to
Paul Rusesabagina.
Kabasinga is a member of the
Rwanda Patriotic Front
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF–Inkotanyi, french: Front patriotique rwandais, FPR) is the ruling political party in Rwanda. Led by President Paul Kagame, the party has governed the country since its armed wing defeated government forces, win ...
and served as a member of parliament in the late 2010s. She ran for the
Rwandan senate in 2019.
See also
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Politics of Rwanda
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Rwandan Patriotic Front politicians
People from Gicumbi District
Genocide survivors
21st-century Rwandan politicians
21st-century Rwandan women politicians
Rwandan women activists