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Paul Kagame

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World Leader

The Resume

    (October 23, 1957- )
    Born in Ruhango, Rwanda
    Tutsi ethnicity
    Joined National Resistance Army with Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni (1979)
    Vice President of Rwanda (1994-2000)
    President of Rwanda (March 24, 2000- )

Why he might be annoying:

    He may have caused the Rwandan Genocide by shooting down the plane that contained the Rwandan and Burundian presidents, killing them (1994).
    After the genocide, he murdered countless numbers of Hutu refugees in Kibeho in revenge for butchering Tutsis during the genocide.
    He severely restricts press freedom and several other civil liberties.
    In regard to the human rights abuses of his regime, he said, ‘You kept quiet ... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet.’
    He intervened in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1998), wth his country's forces accused of deliberately targeting civilians and massive looting of Congolese mineral resources.
    He killed the Priests and Archbishops in Kabgayi.
    He admired Che Guevara and other revolutionaries at a young age.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His family fled to Uganda when anti-Tutsi sentiment grew in Rwanda (1961).
    Members of his ethnic group made up the vast majority of the victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
    He ended the Rwandan Genocide, which killed around 800,000 to 1,000,000 people (1994).
    Under his leadership, Rwanda quickly recovered from the 1994 genocide.
    He is completely intolerant of corruption, and has made great progress combating it in Rwanda.
    His hobbies include tennis and reading.
    His wife is an advocate against HIV/AIDS.
    He overthrew two dictators from power: Milton Obote and Mobutu Sese Seko.

Credit: Big Lenny


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 48 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 60 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 66 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 72 Votes: 69.44% Annoying