List of Tutsis

Monarchs

Kings of Rwanda

• Ruganzu I ex king of Rwanda – 1438–1482
• Cyirima I ex king of Rwanda – 1482–1506
• Kigeli I ex king of Rwanda – 1506–1528
• Mibabwe I ex king of Rwanda – 1528–1552
• Yuhi I ex king of Rwanda – 1552–1576
• Ndahiro II ex king of Rwanda – 1576–1600
• Ruganzu II ex king of Rwanda – 1600–1624
• Mutara I ex king of Rwanda – 1624–1648
• Kigeli II ex king of Rwanda – 1648–1672
• Mibambwe II ex king of Rwanda – 1672–1696
• Yuhi II of Rwanda ex king of Rwanda – 1696–1720
• Karemeera ex king of Rwanda – 1720–1744
• Cyirima II ex king of Rwanda – 1744–1768
• Kigeli III ex king of Rwanda – 1768–1792
• Mibabwe III ex king of Rwanda – 1792–1797
• Yuhi III ex king of Rwanda – 1797–1830
• Mutara II ex king of Rwanda – 1830–1853
• Kigeli IV ex king of Rwanda – 1853–1895
• Mibambwe IV ex king of Rwanda – 1895–1896
• Yuhi IV ex king of Rwanda – 1896–1931
• Mutara III ex king of Rwanda – 1931 1959
• Kigeli V ex king of Rwanda – 1959–1961

Queens of Rwanda

• Rosalie Gicanda queen of Rwanda

Kings of Burundi

• Ntare III Rushatsi, ex king of Burundi – 1680–1709
• Mwezi III Ndagushimiye, ex king of Burundi – 1709–1739
• Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo, ex king of Burundi – 1739–1767
• Mwambutsa III Syarushambo Butama, ex king of Burundi – 1767–1796
• Mwambutsa III Mbariza – 1850–1884
• Ntare IV Rutaganzwa Rugamba, ex king of Burundi – 1884–1890
• Mwezi IV Gisabo, ex king of Burundi – 1908–1915
• Mwezi IV Gisabo, ex king of Burundi – 1915–1916
• Mwezi IV Gisabo, ex king of Burundi – 1916–1922
• Mutaga IV Mbikije, ex king of Burundi – 1922–1946
• Mwambutsa IV Baniriceng, ex king of Burundi – 1962–1966
• Ntare V Ndizeye, ex king of Burundi – 1966–1966

Politicians

National leaders

Presidents of Rwanda

• Paul Kagame, current President of Rwanda, he previously commanded the rebel force that ended the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda.

Presidents of Burundi

• Michel Micombero, former president of Burundi − 1940–1983
• Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, former president of Burundi – born 1946
• Pierre Buyoya, former president of Burundi – born 1949

Vice Presidents of Burundi

• Mathias Sinamenye, 2nd vice president of Burundi
• Alphonse-Marie Kadege, 4th vice president of Burundi
• Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro 5th vice president of Burundi
• Martin Nduwimana, 6th vice president of Burundi – born 1958

Prime Ministers of Burundi

• Sylvie Kinigi, former prime minister of Burundi and acting president of Burundi – born 1952
• Louis Rwagasore, former prime minister of Burundi – 1932–1961
• Léopold Biha, former prime minister of Burundi
• Anatole Kanyenkiko, former prime minister of Burundi – born 1952
• Antoine Nduwayo, former prime minister of Burundi – born 1942

Vice President of Democratic Republic of Congo

• Azarias Ruberwa, former Vice President of the Democratic Republic of Congo – born 1964

Other politicians

• James Kabarebe (born 1959), Rwandan military officer who has served as a Senior Presidential Adviser on security matters in the government of Rwanda and the Rwandan Minister of Defence.
• Lando Ndasingwa, Rwandan politician, murdered in the Genocide against Tutsi in 1994
• Louise Mushikiwabo, fourth and current Secretary General of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. She previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda.

Athletes

• Gaël Bigirimana
• Saido Berahino
• Yannick Mukunzi

Others

• Sonia Rolland, actress, mother tutsi, father French – born 1981
• Stromae, Belgian musician, rapper and singer-songwriter.
• Benjamin Sehene, Rwandian author, lives in Paris – born 1959
• Immaculée Ilibagiza, Rwandan American author and Rwandan Genocide survivor.
• Scholastique Mukasonga, writer, author of Our Lady of the Nile
• Yolande Mukagasana (born September 6, 1954), Rwandan writer writing in French.
• Ange Kagame, only daughter of Paul Kagame, current president of Rwanda.

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