Dominique Mbonyumutwa

Dominique Mbonyumutwa (January 1921 – 26 July 1986) was a Rwandan politician.
On 1 November 1959, while serving as a "sous-chef" (equivalent to a district mayor today) during the Rwandan monarchy period, Mbonyumutwa was assaulted by a group of monarchists in Byimana in Southern Province. This incident triggered the "social revolution" of November 1959. 
On 28 January 1961, during a people's congress which abolished the Rwandan monarchy and proclaimed that Rwanda became a social republic, Mbonyumutwa was elected its first President and ran the country until the referendum of 25 September 1961 requested by the UN, after which he resigned (on 26.10 in the same year) to let Grégoire Kayibanda run the country cumulating the function of Chief of government and President.
Mbonyumutwa exercised the functions of Magistrate first, then Member of Parliament before holding an honorary position as Chancellor of National Orders in the service of the subsequent president Juvenal Habyarimana. until his death on 26 July 1986.