Dafroza Gauthier: key obituary facts
Is Dafroza Gauthier dead? Yes. Dafroza Gauthier died on October 3, 2026, at age 72.
Cause of death: Dafroza Gauthier's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Dafroza Gauthier known for?
She was a French-Rwandan chemical engineer and activist.
More about Dafroza Gauthier
Born: 4 August 1954.
Place of birth: Butare.
Place of death: Reims.
Gender: female.
Occupation: chemical engineering.
Nationality: Rwanda, France.
Spouse: Alain Gauthier.
Dafroza Gauthier, a Rwandan political activist and chemical engineer, died on October 3, 2026, aged 72.
Born Dafroza Mukarumongi in Butare on August 4, 1954, she became known as a Franco-Rwandan activist who worked to pursue those responsible for the Rwandan genocide in France. She and her husband, Alain Gauthier, founded the Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR), an organization central to that effort.
Gauthier died in Reims.