List of Presidents of Rwanda

President of the
Republic of Rwanda

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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 is a list of Presidents of Rwanda since the formation of the post of President of Rwanda in 1961, to the present day.

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

Presidents of Rwanda

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)

Status
  Denotes Acting President
President Term of office Political party
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Ethnicity Took office Left office Duration
— Dominique Mbonyumutwa
(1921–1986)		 Hutu 28 January 1961 26 October 1961 271 days Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement
1 Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976)		 Hutu 26 October 1961 1 July 1962 248 days Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement

Republic of Rwanda (independent country)

Status
  Denotes Acting President
President Term of office Political party
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Ethnicity Took office Left office Duration
(1) Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976)		 Hutu 1 July 1962 5 July 1973
(Deposed)		 11 years, 4 days Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement
2 Juvénal Habyarimana
(1937–1994)[1]		 Hutu 5 July 1973 6 April 1994
(Assassinated)		 20 years, 275 days Military /
National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
— Théodore Sindikubwabo
(1928–1998)		 Hutu 8 April 1994 19 July 1994[2] 102 days National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
3 Pasteur Bizimungu
(1957–)		 Hutu 19 July 1994 23 March 2000
(Resigned)		 5 years, 248 days Rwandan Patriotic Front
4 Paul Kagame
(1957–)		 Tutsi 24 March 2000 22 April 2000 15 years, 334 days Rwandan Patriotic Front
22 April 2000 Incumbent

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 the country at the end of the Rwandan Genocide

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