title: 1997 in Rwanda
text: # 1997 in Rwanda
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Rwanda.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Pasteur Bizimungu
  * Prime Minister: Pierre-Célestin Rwigema
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  * January 18 - In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers, and seriously wound another.
  