{Former Rwandan Presidential candidate who dared to challenge President Paul Kagame in Rwanda’s first presidential polls since the 1994 genocide dies at 71 due to illness.}<\/p>\n
Nayinzira Jean Nepomusc\u00e8ne was born in 1943 in Former Gisenyi Province.<\/p>\n
He founded the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) when multipartyism was introduced in 1991. <\/p>\n
Mr Nyanzira became a minister in the post genocide transitional government, and later a member of parliament, where he resigned from parliament following an investigation into alleged ‘unworthy’ behaviour, charges he strongly denied.<\/p>\n
During the Presidential polls in 2003 Nayinzira got 1% of vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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