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Grégoire Kayibanda was the first President of Rwanda from 1961 to 1973, holding office for two terms. He was a Hutu politician, teacher and trade unionist. Born in 1924 in Karengera, Rwanda to a poor peasant family, Kayibanda attended a Catholic seminary school and later worked as a teacher. In 1957, he became involved in politics by co-founding the Rwandan National Union (UNAR), a political...