Seth Sendashonga ( 1951 – 16 May 1998 ) was the Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity in Rwanda , following the military victory of the Rwandan Patriotic Front ( RPF ) after the 1994 genocide . One of the politically moderate Hutus in the National Unity Cabinet , he became increasingly disenchanted with the RPF and was eventually forced from office in 1995 after criticizing government policies . After surviving a 1996 assassination attempt while in exile in Kenya , he launched a new opposition movement , the Forces de Résistance pour la Démocratie ( FRD ) . Sendashonga was killed by unidentified gunmen in May 1998 . The Rwandan government is widely believed to be responsible for the assassination
1994 genocide
Rwandan genocide
Seth Sendashonga