Kayibanda

[kah-yi-bahn-duh]

noun

1. Grégoire 1924–76, president of the Republic of Rwanda 1962–73.

Example Sentences

Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images 1962 Rwanda becomes independent from Belgium and Hutu Grégoire Kayibanda becomes president, while fighting continues and thousands of Tutsi leave the country.

From The Guardian

Rwanda President Gregoire Kayibanda's chief government handicap is even more serious: he has no telephone in his palace in Kigali.

From Time Magazine Archive