According to Chimpreports:
Kigeli Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa, the last ruling King of Rwanda, has passed away in the United States.
Ndahindura was…Monarch…from…1959 until…1961. He fled into exile in the US where he has lived since.
In the US he was known for heading the King Kigeli V Foundation, which aimed at promoting and expanding humanitarian work for Rwandan refugees, and for his activities in maintaining the cultural heritage of his formerly reigning royal house.
When he was 4 years old, his father was exiled by the Belgian government to Zaire (DRC). Following the death of his father, in 1944 he returned to Rwanda.
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