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.<ref name="termlimits">Template:Cite web</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

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Status

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List of presidents of Rwanda
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Elected Term of office Ethnic group Political party Prime minister(s) Template:Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Republic of Rwanda Template:Small
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Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Hutu Parmehutu Kayibanda
1 style="background:Template:Party color" | Grégoire Kayibanda Template:Sortname
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1961 Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Hutu Parmehutu Himself
Republic of Rwanda Template:Small
Template:Sort style="background:Template:Party color" | Grégoire Kayibanda Template:Sortname
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1965
1969
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Template:Ayd Hutu Parmehutu Position abolished <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2 style="background:Template:Party color" | Juvénal Habyarimana Template:Sortname
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1978
1983
1988
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Template:Ayd Hutu MRND /
Military
Position abolished
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Nsanzimana
Nsengiyaremye
Uwilingiyimana
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Vacant (Template:DtsTemplate:Dts)
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Template:Ayd Hutu MRND Kambanda
3 style="background:Template:Party color" | Pasteur Bizimungu Template:Sortname
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Template:Ayd Hutu RPF Twagiramungu
Rwigema
Makuza
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4 rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color" | Paul Kagame Template:Sortname
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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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Timeline

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 from: 26/10/1961 till: 05/07/1973 color:parmehutu text:"Grégoire Kayibanda"
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 from: 05/07/1973 till: 05/07/1975 color:mil
 from: 05/07/1975 till: 06/04/1994 color:mrnd      text:"Juvénal Habyarimana"
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 from: 08/04/1994 till: 19/07/1994 color:mrnd      text:"Théodore Sindikubwabo (interim)"
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Latest election

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See also

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Notes

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References

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