President of the Republic of Rwanda | |
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Style | Mr President (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) |
Type | Head of state Executive president |
Residence | Village Urugwiro |
Seat | Kigali |
Appointer | Popular vote |
Term length | 5 years |
Formation | 28 January 1961 |
First holder | Dominique Mbonyumutwa |
Salary | US$85,000 annually [1] |
Website | https://www.gov.rw/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 [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 4 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.
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]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Ethnic group | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi) | |||||||||
– | Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921–1986) | — | 28 January 1961 | 26 October 1961 | 271 days | Hutu | Parmehutu | Kayibanda | |
1 | Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976) | 1961 | 26 October 1961 | 1 July 1962 | 248 days | Hutu | Parmehutu | Himself | |
Republic of Rwanda (independent country) | |||||||||
(1) | Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976) | 1965 1969 | 1 July 1962 | 5 July 1973 ( deposed.) | 11 years, 4 days | Hutu | Parmehutu | Position abolished | |
2 | Juvénal Habyarimana (1937–1994) [lower-alpha 1] | 1978 1983 1988 | 5 July 1973 | 6 April 1994 ( assassinated.) | 20 years, 275 days | Hutu | Military / MRND | Nsanzimana Nsengiyaremye Uwilingiyimana | |
– | Théodore Sindikubwabo (1928–1998) | — | 8 April 1994 | 19 July 1994 (ousted.) [lower-alpha 2] | 102 days | Hutu | MRND | Kambanda | |
3 | Pasteur Bizimungu (born 1950) | — | 19 July 1994 | 23 March 2000 (resigned.) | 5 years, 248 days | Hutu | RPF | Twagiramungu Rwigema Makuza | |
4 | Paul Kagame (born 1957) | 2000 2003 2010 2017 | 24 March 2000 | 22 April 2000 | 29 days | Tutsi | RPF | Makuza Habumuremyi Murekezi Ngirente | |
22 April 2000 | Incumbent | 23 years, 332 days |
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Paul Kagame | Rwandan Patriotic Front | 6,675,472 | 98.79 | |
Philippe Mpayimana | Independent | 49,031 | 0.73 | |
Frank Habineza | Democratic Green Party of Rwanda | 32,701 | 0.48 | |
Total | 6,757,204 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 6,757,204 | 99.82 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 12,310 | 0.18 | ||
Total votes | 6,769,514 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,897,076 | 98.15 | ||
Source: NEC Rwanda |
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