Prime Minister of Rwanda

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Rwanda

Incumbent
Anastase Murekezi
since 24 July 2014
Appointer Paul Kagame,
as President of Rwanda
Inaugural holder Grégoire Kayibanda
Formation 28 January 1961
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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Rwanda since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Rwanda in 1961, to the present day.

A total of ten people have served as Prime Minister of Rwanda.

Prime Ministers of Rwanda

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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(for political parties)

Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)

Prime Minister Term of office Political party
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Ethnicity Took office Left office Duration
1 Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976)		 Hutu 28 January 1961 1 July 1962 1 year, 154 days Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement

Republic of Rwanda (independent country)

Prime Minister Term of office Political party
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Ethnicity Took office Left office Duration
Post Abolished (1 July 1962 – 12 October 1991)
2 Sylvestre Nsanzimana
(1936–)		 Hutu 12 October 1991 2 April 1992 173 days National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
3 Dismas Nsengiyaremye
(1945–)		 Hutu 2 April 1992 18 July 1993 1 year, 107 days Republican Democratic Movement
4 Agathe Uwilingiyimana
(1953–1994)		 Hutu 18 July 1993 7 April 1994
(Assassinated)		 263 days Republican Democratic Movement
5 Jean Kambanda
(1955–)		 Hutu 9 April 1994 19 July 1994[1] 101 days Republican Democratic Movement
6 Faustin Twagiramungu
(1945–)		 Hutu 19 July 1994 31 August 1995 1 year, 43 days Republican Democratic Movement
7 Pierre-Célestin Rwigema
(1953–)		 Hutu 31 August 1995 8 March 2000 4 years, 190 days Republican Democratic Movement
8 Bernard Makuza
(1961–)		 Hutu 8 March 2000 7 October 2011 11 years, 213 days Republican Democratic Movement /
Independent
9 Pierre Habumuremyi
(1961–)		 Hutu 7 October 2011 24 July 2014 2 years, 290 days Rwandan Patriotic Front
10 Anastase Murekezi
(1952–)		 Hutu 24 July 2014 Incumbent 1 year, 288 days Social Democratic Party

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Fled the country at the end of the Rwandan Genocide

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