Boniface Benzinge

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Boniface Benzinge is the Rwandan chief of the Abiru, hereditary privy councillors to the Mwami of Rwanda.

Life[]

A member of a family of royal historians, Benzinge was a courtier to King Kigeli V - the last reigning king of his country, who was forcibly deposed in 1961 after ruling for just two years - until his death in 2016.

Following that event, Benzinge and his fellow Abiru announced his nephew as Kigeli's titular successor. Although a faction of the royal family opposed this act,^[1] the new king was nevertheless subsequently crowned as Yuhi VI in 2017.

Since that event, Benzinge has continued to serve as the head of the royal court.

See also[]

• Abiru

References[]

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