Pierre-Célestin Rwigema (born 27 July[citation needed] 1953) is a Rwandan politician previously associated with the moderate faction of the Republican Democratic Movement (MDR) party.

These charges were brought against him after his resignation as prime minister, when he fled to the United States to seek political asylum.

There was allegations of a royalist faction working to undermine the RPF government, and restore the Tutsi monarchy.

[6] According to Joseph Sebarenzi, a Tutsi and former speaker of the national assembly from 1997 to 2000, Rwigema was innocent.

[7] He was eventually proven innocent and granted political asylum by the United States immigration court in Detroit.