The 1973 Rwandan coup d'état, also known as the Coup d'état of 5 July, was a military coup staged by Juvénal Habyarimana against incumbent president Grégoire Kayibanda in the Republic of Rwanda. The coup took place on 5 July 1973 and was considered by many as a betrayal.
Juvénal Habyarimana, who took power in the coup, pictured in 1980
Juvénal Habyarimana was a Rwandan politician and military officer who served as the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994. He was nicknamed Kinani, a Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible".
Habyarimana in 1980
President Habyarimana with Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt in the Hague, 1980
Habyarimana (third row, third from left) at Kim Il Sung's 80th birthday celebration in 1992
Red Cross volunteers monitoring and assisting displaced populations during the Rwandan Civil War, 1994.