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President of the Republic of Rwanda
Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Rwanda (Swahili)
Président de la République du Rwanda (French)
File:Flag of the President of Rwanda.svg
Presidential Standard
Incumbent
Paul Kagame
since 22 April 2000
Acting: 24 March – 22 April 2000
StyleMr President
(informal)
His Excellency
(diplomatic)
TypeHead of state
Executive president
ResidenceVillage Urugwiro
SeatKigali
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthFive years,
renewable
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Rwanda (2003)
Formation28 January 1961; 65 years ago (1961-01-28)
First holderDominique Mbonyumutwa
SalaryUS$85,000 annually[1]
WebsiteOfficial Website
Politics of Rwanda
File:Coat of arms of Rwanda.svg
Constitution
Government
Parliament
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations
United Nations in Rwanda

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[2] of the Republic of Rwanda. The president is elected every seven years by popular vote,[3] and appoints the prime minister and all other members of Cabinet.[4]

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

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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.[5]

List of officeholders

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Political parties
  Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement (Parmehutu)
  National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND)
  Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
Status
‡ Denotes acting president
List of presidents of Rwanda
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Elected Term of office Ethnic group Political party Prime minister(s) Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)
— File:No image.png Dominique Mbonyumutwa‡
(1921–1986) 		— 28 January 1961 26 October 1961 271 days Hutu Parmehutu Kayibanda
1 Grégoire Kayibanda Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976) 		1961 26 October 1961 1 July 1962 248 days Hutu Parmehutu Himself
Republic of Rwanda (independent country)
(1) Grégoire Kayibanda Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976) 		1965
1969 		1 July 1962 5 July 1973
(Deposed in coup) 		11 years, 4 days Hutu Parmehutu Position abolished [6][7]
2 Juvénal Habyarimana Juvénal Habyarimana
(1937–1994)
[a] 		1978
1983
1988 		5 July 1973 6 April 1994
(Assassinated) 		20 years, 275 days Hutu MRND /
Military 		Position abolished
(until 1991)
Nsanzimana
Nsengiyaremye
Uwilingiyimana 		[8]
Vacant (6 April 1994 – 8 April 1994)
— File:No image.png Théodore Sindikubwabo‡
(1928–1998)
[b] 		— 8 April 1994 19 July 1994
(Ousted)
[c] 		102 days Hutu MRND Kambanda
3 Pasteur Bizimungu Pasteur Bizimungu
(born 1950) 		— 19 July 1994 23 March 2000
(Resigned) 		5 years, 248 days Hutu RPF Twagiramungu
Rwigema
Makuza 		[9]
4 Paul Kagame Paul Kagame
(born 1957) 		— 24 March 2000‡ 22 April 2000 26 years, 104 days Tutsi RPF Makuza
Habumuremyi
Murekezi
Ngirente
Nsengiyumva 		[10]
2003
2010
2017
2024 		22 April 2000 Incumbent

Timeline

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Latest election

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Main article: 2024 Rwandan general election

{{#section-h:2024 Rwandan general election|President}}

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Styled as Chairman of the Committee for Peace and National Unity until 1 August 1973.
  2. ^ After the assassination of Habyarimana, Colonel Théoneste Bagosora along with Colonel Rwagafilita gathered supporters and convened a meeting of a Crisis Committee; Sindikubwabo was installed as interim President at the meeting. The committee was officially dissolved, but Bagosora and other senior officers remained de facto leaders of the country during Sindikubwabo's term.
  3. ^ Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide.

References

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  3. ^ CJCR 2003, articles 100–101.
  4. ^ CJCR 2003, article 116.
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