List of presidents of Rwanda
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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 executiveTemplate:Sfn of the Republic of Rwanda. The president is elected every seven years by popular vote,Template:Sfn and appoints the prime minister and all other members of Cabinet.Template:Sfn
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
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.[1]
List of officeholders
- Political parties
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| 1 | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Grégoire Kayibanda | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1924–1976)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1961 | Template:Dts | Template:Dts | Template:Ayd | Hutu | Parmehutu | Himself | |
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| Script error: No such module "sort". | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Grégoire Kayibanda | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1924–1976)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1965 1969 |
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| 2 | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Juvénal Habyarimana | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1937–1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Efn |
1978 1983 1988 |
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| 3 | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Pasteur Bizimungu | Script error: No such module "Sort". (born 1950)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 4 | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | | Paul Kagame | Script error: No such module "Sort". (born 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
— | Template:DtsTemplate:Double dagger | Template:Dts | Template:Ayd | Tutsi | RPF | Makuza Habumuremyi Murekezi Ngirente Nsengiyumva |
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| 2003 2010 2017 2024 |
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Latest election
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See also
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- Politics of Rwanda
- List of kings of Rwanda
- Vice President of Rwanda
- Prime Minister of Rwanda
- List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi
Notes
References
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External links
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