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List of presidents of Rwanda
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | President |
| body | the Republic of Rwanda |
| native_name | |
| flag | Flag of the President of Rwanda.svg |
| flagsize | 125 |
| flagborder | yes |
| flagcaption | Presidential Standard |
| image | Paul Kagame 2014.jpg |
| imagesize | 200px |
| alt | Paul Kagame in 2014 |
| incumbent | Paul Kagame |
| incumbentsince | 22 April 2000 |
| Acting: 24 March – 22 April 2000 | |
| style | Mr President |
| (informal) | |
| His Excellency | |
| (diplomatic) | |
| type | Head of state |
| Executive president | |
| residence | Village Urugwiro |
| seat | Kigali |
| appointer | Popular vote |
| termlength | Five years, |
| termlength_qualified | renewable |
| constituting_instrument | Constitution of Rwanda (2003) |
| formation | |
| first | Dominique Mbonyumutwa |
| salary | US$85,000 annually |
| website | Official Website |
Acting: 24 March – 22 April 2000 (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) Executive president
This article lists the presidents of Rwanda since the creation of the office in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day.
The president of Rwanda is the head of state and head of executive of the Republic of Rwanda. The president is elected every seven years by popular vote, and appoints the prime minister and all other members of Cabinet.
A total of four people have served in the office. The incumbent president is Paul Kagame, who took office on 22 April 2000, after being acting president for nearly a month.
Term limits
There was a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Rwanda. The constitutional referendum in 2015 allowed Paul Kagame third seven-year term, and ability to run for further two five-year terms thereafter.
List of officeholders
;Political parties
;Status
| No. | Portrait | Name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Ethnic group | Political party | Prime minister(s) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi) | Parmehutu}}" | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1921–1986) | Parmehutu}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1924–1976) | Republic of Rwanda (independent country) | Parmehutu}}" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1924–1976) | National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1937–1994) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development}}" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1928–1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rwandan Patriotic Front}}" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1950) | Rwandan Patriotic Front}}" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1957) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:No image.png | frameless | upright=0.40 | alt=]] | — | Hutu | Parmehutu | Kayibanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | [[File:Grégoire Kayibanda (cropped).jpg | frameless | upright=0.40 | alt=Grégoire Kayibanda]] | 1961 | Hutu | Parmehutu | Himself | |||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Grégoire Kayibanda (cropped).jpg | frameless | upright=0.40 | alt=Grégoire Kayibanda]] | 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Deposed in coup) | Hutu | Parmehutu | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | [[File:Juvénal Habyarimana (1980).jpg | frameless | upright=0.40 | alt=Juvénal Habyarimana]] | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Assassinated) | Hutu | MRND / | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Military | *Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (until 1991)*Nsanzimana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nsengiyaremye | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uwilingiyimana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vacant ( – ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:No image.png | frameless | upright=0.40 | alt=]] | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Ousted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hutu | MRND | Kambanda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | [[File:Pasteur Bizimungu 1998 (cropped).jpg | frameless | upright=0.40 | alt=Pasteur Bizimungu]] | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Resigned) | Hutu | RPF | Twagiramungu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rwigema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Makuza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | [[File:Paul Kagame 2014.jpg | frameless | upright=0.40 | alt=Paul Kagame]] | — | Tutsi | RPF | Makuza | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Habumuremyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murekezi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ngirente | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nsengiyumva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Incumbent |
Timeline
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Latest election
Main article: 2024 Rwandan general election
Notes
References
References
- (15 December 2016). "Top 15 Highest Paid African Presidents 2017".
- "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa".
- (6 July 1973). "Military Coup in Rwanda Follows Tribal Dissension". [[The New York Times]].
- "Mission d'information sur le Rwanda".
- Ronald Sullivan. (7 April 1994). "Juvenal Habyarimana, 57, Ruled Rwanda for 21 Years". [[The New York Times]].
- (24 March 2000). "Rwanda President Resigns". [[The New York Times]].
- [[Declan Walsh (journalist). (6 April 2024). "From the Horror to the Envy of Africa: Rwanda's Leader Holds Tight Grip". [[The New York Times]].
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