[1] He held several portfolios in the MRND government of Juvénal Habyarimana until July 1994.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) issued an indictment against him and three other ministers, accusing them of conspiracy in genocide, direct and public incitement to genocide, and crimes against humanity.
[2] Bizimungu was arrested on 11 February 1999 at his home in Hurlingham, near Nairobi, Kenya.
His trial by the ICTR in Arusha, Tanzania began on 6 November 2003.
[3] On 30 September 2011, Casimir Bizimungu was acquitted of all charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and immediately released from custody.