David Munyurangabo

David Munyurangabo (born 1943) is a Rwandan retired official and former rebel. He participated in the Inyenzi movement of the 1960s, taking part in raids by armed Rwandan exiles who sought to overthrow the Rwandan government of Grégoire Kayibanda. After repeated rebel failures and his own imprisonment in Burundi, Munyurangabo temporarily fought in the Congolese Simba rebellion and rose to become an advisor to prominent Inyenzi leader Jean Kayitare. From 1968, he mostly lived as a civilian in Burundi, though continued to be active among the exiled Rwandan opposition. In the 1990s, he resumed his armed struggle and joined the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA). After the Rwandan Civil War, Munyurangabo worked for two decades as an official responsible for the reintegration of ex-soldiers into Rwandan civil life.

Biography Early life and rebel activity Munyurangabo was born in Nyanza, Rwanda, then part of Belgian-ruled Ruanda-Urundi, around 1943. He attended school until 1962, when he became a rebel and joined the armed Inyenzi movement to fight against the new Rwandan government, established during the Rwandan Revolution. He served as the RPF's Secretary of Security and Mobilisation for "Region D" (Burundi) during the civil war. After the Rwandan Civil War and the RPF's victory, Munyurangabo was able to return to live in Rwanda.

In 2001, he was appointed Commissioner in Charge of the Eastern Province in the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC). In this position, he oversaw the reintegration of former combatants into Rwandan civil society. On 4 July 2007, he received a medal for his contributions to the "liberation cause". In May 2024, aged 80, Munyurangabo retired from the RDRC, being lauded for his work by RDRC Chairperson Nyirahabineza Valerie.