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He was a Tutsi with the birth name Sezisoni. He was the first King in Rwanda"s history to come into contact with Europeans. He established an army equipped with guns he obtained from Germans and prohibited most foreigners especially Arabs from entering his kingdom.
Rwabugiri held authority in 1853–1895.
By the end of Rwabugiri"s rule, Rwanda was divided into a standardized structure of provinces, districts, hills and neighborhoods administered by a hierarchy of chiefs predominantly Tutsi at the higher levels and with a greater degree of mutual participation by Hutus. By the beginning of the 20th century, Rwanda was a unified state with a centralized military structure.
