Sylvestre Nsanzimana

{{Short description|Rwandese politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Sylvestre Nsanzimana

| order = 2nd

| office = Prime Minister of Rwanda

| term_start = 12 October 1991

| term_end = 2 April 1992

| president = Juvénal Habyarimana

| predecessor = Grégoire Kayibanda{{efn|1962}}

| successor = Dismas Nsengiyaremye

| party = National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|01|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gikongoro, Rwanda,
(now Gikongoro, Nyamagabe, Rwanda)

| nationality = Rwandese

| death_date = 1999 (aged 62–63)

| death_place = Brussels

| spouse = Lea Nsanzimana

| children = 4

}}

Sylvestre Nsanzimana (5 January 1936 – 1999{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhepDwAAQBAJ&q=Sylvestre+Nsanzimana+est+d%C3%A9c%C3%A9d%C3%A9+en+1999&pg=PT189|title = Rwanda le piège de l'histoire|isbn = 9782811120429|last1 = Jordane|first1 = Bertrand|date = January 2000}}) born in Gikongoro Province, Rwanda{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xh8FAQAAIAAJ&q=Sylvestre+Nsanzimana+1936|title = Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa|year = 1970}} served as Prime Minister of Rwanda{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rwanda -- History|url=http://www.africa.upenn.edu/NEH/rwhistory.htm|encyclopedia=East Africa Living Encyclopedia |publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=7 November 2010}} from 12 October 1991 to 2 April 1992. He belonged to the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development and previously served as minister of justice in the government of Juvénal Habyarimana. He stepped down as prime minister following the refusal of opposition parties to take part in the government.{{cite book |last=M. Lentz |first=Harris |date=4 February 2014 |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&q=sylvestre+nsanzimana&pg=PA666 |publisher=Routledge |page=666 |isbn=9781134264902 }}