Sendashonga was a leader of a student movement opposed to the rule of Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and been forced to leave the country in 1975 . In 1992 Sendashonga joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front , the rebel group then fighting the Rwandan Civil War against the Habariyamana government . The RPF took power after defeating the Hutu Power-led government that carried out the Rwandan genocide . Sendashonga was able to use his considerable personal prestige to convince other Hutu moderates to joint the RPF government
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Seth Sendashonga