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
Rwanda
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This is a list of Presidents of Rwanda since the formation of the post of President of Rwanda in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day.

A total of four people have served as President of Rwanda (not counting two Acting Presidents).

The current President of Rwanda is Paul Kagame, since 24 March 2000.

Key

Political parties
Other factions
Status

Presidents of Rwanda

№ 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 – 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)[1]		 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.)[2]		 – 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 2003, 2010 Tutsi RPF Makuza
Habumuremyi
Murekezi
22 April 2000

Latest election

 Summary of the 9 August 2010 Rwandan presidential election results
Candidates – Parties Votes %
Paul Kagame – Rwandan Patriotic Front 4,638,560 93.08
Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo – Social Democratic Party 256,488 5.15
Prosper Higiro – Liberal Party 68,235 1.37
Alvera Mukabaramba – Party for Progress and Concord 20,107 0.40
Total valid votes 4,983,390 100.0
Invalid/Blank votes
Total votes
Registered voters 5,178,492
Source: National Electoral Commission of Rwanda (PDF)

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Styled as Chairman of the Committee for Peace and National Unity until 1 August 1973
  2. ↑ Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide
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