# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desire-munyaneza
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:38:46.101Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desire-munyaneza"
name: "Désiré Munyaneza"
slug: "desire-munyaneza"
description: "Désiré Munyaneza is a Rwandan convicted war criminal imprisoned in Canada. Before his arrest he was a businessman living in Toronto, Ontario. He arrived in Canada in 1997 using a fake Cameroonian passport. He is the first person to be arrested and convicted in Canada on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He was sent to jail in October 2009."
tagline: "Rwandan war criminal"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.04
  momentum:             0.06329113924050633
  historical:           5.672390666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Munyaneza"
    title: "Désiré Munyaneza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "ديزيري مونيانيزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "ديزيرى مونيانيزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Munyaneza"
    title: "Désiré Munyaneza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Munyaneza"
    title: "Désiré Munyaneza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Munyaneza"
    title: "Désiré Munyaneza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1747634"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump