# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georges-ruggiu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:14.042Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/georges-ruggiu"
name: "Georges Ruggiu"
slug: "georges-ruggiu"
description: "Georges Henri Yvon Joseph Ruggiu is a Belgian radio presenter who worked for Rwandan radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, which played a significant role in promoting the genocide against the Tutsi. Like the station's other broadcasters, Ruggiu incited violence against Tutsi and moderate Hutu over the air. He had become involved in Rwandan politics just two years before the genocide."
tagline: "Belgian journalist and radio presenter convicted of inciting crimes against humanity in the Rwandan genocide"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1957-10-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.25
  momentum:             16.07774968394438
  historical:           9.72618
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "چورچ روجيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Ruggiu"
    title: "Georges Ruggiu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%2C_%D0%96%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B6"
    title: "Руджу, Жорж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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