Nirere Beatrice was convicted by a Gacaca traditional community court set up to deal with 1994 genocide cases.
The Rwandan Patriotic Front member had denied helping set up road
blocks where ethnic Tutsis were killed and chairing meetings to plan
the massacre.
Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in the 100-day slaughter.
Beatrice, who was re-elected in September last year, did admit a charge
of handing out uniforms to the Hutu Interahamwe militiamen who led the
killings.
The Gacaca courts were established to speed up the trials of the many
thousands of people accused of taking part in the genocide.
A UN court has been set up in the Tanzanian town of Arusha to deal with the ringleaders.
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