# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/protais-zigiranyirazo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:02:49.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/protais-zigiranyirazo"
name: "Protais Zigiranyirazo"
slug: "protais-zigiranyirazo"
description: "Protais Zigiranyirazo, commonly known as Monsieur Zed or Mr. Z, was a Rwandan businessman and politician who was governor of the Ruhengeri prefecture in northwestern Rwanda from 1974 to 1989. Zigiranyirazo was a member of the Akazu, an elite circle of relatives and friends of former President Juvénal Habyarimana who pushed the Hutu Power ideology."
tagline: "Rwandan businessman and politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1938-02-02"
deathDate: "2025-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.537550666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protais_Zigiranyirazo"
    title: "Protais Zigiranyirazo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protais_Zigiranyirazo"
    title: "Protais Zigiranyirazo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protais_Zigiranyirazo"
    title: "Protais Zigiranyirazo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protais_Zigiranyirazo"
    title: "Protais Zigiranyirazo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protais_Zigiranyirazo"
    title: "Protais Zigiranyirazo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protais_Zigiranyirazo"
    title: "Protais Zigiranyirazo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3100154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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