List of Presidents of Rwanda

President of the
Republic of Rwanda
Flag of the President
Incumbent
Paul Kagame
since 24 March 2000
Residence Urugwiro, Kigali
Term length 7 years
Inaugural holder Dominique Mbonyumutwa
Formation 28 January 1961
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This article lists the Presidents of Rwanda since the creation of the office in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day. As specified in the constitution, the president functions as the head of state of Rwanda, and possesses broad executive powers.[1] The officeholder is elected by popular vote every seven years,[2] and appoints the Prime Minister and all other members of Cabinet.[3]

A total of four people have served as President of Rwanda (not counting two acting presidents). The current president is Paul Kagame, since 24 March 2000.

Key

Political parties
Other factions
Status
  •   Acting President

List

№ President
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Tenure Elected Ethnic affiliation Political affiliation Prime Minister(s)
Took office Left office
Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)
– Dominique Mbonyumutwa
(1921–1986)		 28 January 1961 26 October 1961 – Hutu Parmehutu Kayibanda
1 Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976)		 26 October 1961 1 July 1962 1961 Hutu Parmehutu Himself
Republic of Rwanda (independent country)
(1) Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976)		 1 July 1962 5 July 1973
(deposed.)		 1965
1969		 Hutu Parmehutu Position abolished
2 Juvénal Habyarimana
(1937–1994)[4]		 5 July 1973 6 April 1994
(assassinated.)		 1978
1983
1988		 Hutu Military /
MRND		 Nsanzimana
Nsengiyaremye
Uwilingiyimana
– Théodore Sindikubwabo
(1928–1998)		 8 April 1994 19 July 1994
(ousted.)[5]		 – Hutu MRND Kambanda
3 Pasteur Bizimungu
(1950–)		 19 July 1994 23 March 2000
(resigned.)		 – Hutu RPF Twagiramungu
Rwigema
Makuza
4 Paul Kagame
(1957–)		 24 March 2000 22 April 2000 2000
2003
2010
2017		 Tutsi RPF Makuza
Habumuremyi
Murekezi
Ngirente
22 April 2000 Incumbent

Latest election

Candidate Party Votes %
Paul KagameRwandan Patriotic Front6,650,72298.63
Philippe MpayimanaIndependent49,1170.73
Frank HabinezaDemocratic Green Party of Rwanda31,6330.47
Invalid/blank votes–
Total6,731,472100
Registered voters/turnout
Source: NEC Rwanda

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ CJCR 2003, article 117.
  2. ↑ CJCR 2003, articles 100–101.
  3. ↑ CJCR 2003, article 116.
  4. ↑ Styled as Chairman of the Committee for Peace and National Unity until 1 August 1973
  5. ↑ Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide

References

  • Commission Juridique Et Constitutionnelle Du Rwanda (CJCR) (26 May 2003). "Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda". Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
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