Prosper Mugiraneza is the former minister of civil service in Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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Mugiraneza was born in 1957 in Kigarama

Kigarama

Kigarama is a district of the Rwandan province of Kibungo. Population: 62,773 ; area: 249 square kilometers....

, Kibungo Province

Kibungo Province

Kibungo was a south-eastern province of Rwanda known for its production of bananas. In 2006, it became part of the new Eastern Province.Kibungo Municipality is also a municipality within the province.Districts and municipalities:# District of Rusumo...

, Rwanda. He is a graduate of the National University of Rwanda

National University of Rwanda

The National University of Rwanda is the largest university in Rwanda. It is located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government in cooperation with the Congregation of the Dominicans from the Province of Quebec.When it was established, the NUR had three divisions The...

 in Butare, where he earned a law degree.

Before becoming minister of civil service, Mugiraneza was a prosecutor and director general of the Ministry of Justice.
He is married and has four children. His wife and children currently reside in Europe.

He was tried for genocide

Genocide

Genocide is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars...

and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the trial beginning in 2003. A judgment is expected to be reached in August 2011.