 | This article needs to be updated. (August 2019) |
Frank Habineza | |
|---|---|
 Habineza in 2016 | |
| Chairman of the Democratic Green Party | |
| Assumed office 14 August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 19 September 2018 – 15 June 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1977 Mityana, Uganda |
| Citizenship | Rwanda Sweden[1] (??-2017) |
| Political party | Democratic Green Party of Rwanda |
Frank Habineza (born 22 February 1977) is a Rwandan politician, and founder and chairman of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, a political party formed in August 2009.[2] In its first year, the party made six unsuccessful attempts to register.[3] As of mid-August 2010, the party was still not registered, and therefore was unable to submit a candidate for the August 2010 Presidential elections.[4] In September 2018, Frank Habineza and one other member of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda were elected into Parliament. They are the first Opposition candidates to win seats in the Rwandan parliament since Kagame's Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) came to power after the 1994 genocide.[5]
He made long-shot bids to become president in 2017 and 2024, losing both times to Paul Kagame by wide margins.
- ^ "Green Party leader Frank Habineza to end self-exile". The East African. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Home". frankhabineza.com.
- ^ Josh Kron (14 July 2010). "Missing Rwandan Opposition Figure Beheaded in Grizzly Attack". Daily Nation. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "One Year Struggle of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda". Rwanda Information Portal. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ "Two opposition lawmakers elected in Rwanda for the first time". Reuters. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2020.