Paul Rusesabagina, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Paul Rusesabagina

Rwandan-Belgian humanitarian

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1954

Place of Birth: Kigali, Kigali province, Rwanda

Profession: entrepreneur, hotel manager, autobiographer, humanitarian

Nationality: Belgium, Rwanda

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Paul Rusesabagina

  • Paul Rusesabagina (Kinyarwanda: [?uses?ßa?in?]; born 15 June 1954) is a Rwandan humanitarian who, while working as a house manager at the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, hid and protected 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees from the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide.
  • None of those refugees were hurt or killed during the attacks. Rusesabagina's efforts were the basis of the fictional Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwanda (2004), in which he was portrayed by American actor Don Cheadle.
  • He has homes in Brussels, Belgium and San Antonio, Texas.
  • Rusesabagina founded the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation to fight for global human rights.

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