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{{Infobox political system
| name                          = Politics of Rwanda
| native_name                   = Politiki y'u Rwanda ([[Kinyarwanda language|Kinyarwanda]])<br />Politique en Rwanda ([[French language|French]])<br />Siasa ya Rwanda ([[Swahili language|Swahili]])
| image                         = Coat of arms of Rwanda.svg
| image_size                    = 100
| caption                       = [[Seal of Rwanda]]
| type                          = ''[[De facto]]'': [[one-party state]]<br />Nominally [[Unitary state|unitary]] [[Dominant-party system|dominant-party]] [[Semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] [[Constitutionalism|constitutional]] [[republic]]
| constitution                  = [[Constitution of Rwanda]]
| legislature                   = [[Parliament of Rwanda|Parliament]]
| legislature_type              = [[Bicameralism|Bicameral]]
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| upperhouse                    = [[Senate (Rwanda)|Senate]]
| upperhouse_speaker            = [[Augustin Iyamuremye]]
| upperhouse_speaker_title      = Speaker of the Senate
| upperhouse_appointer          = 
| lowerhouse                    = [[Chamber of Deputies (Rwanda)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| lowerhouse_speaker            = [[Donatille Mukabalisa]]
| lowerhouse_speaker_title      = Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
| lowerhouse_appointer          =
| title_hos                     = [[List of presidents of Rwanda|President of Rwanda]]
| current_hos                   = [[Paul Kagame]]
| appointer_hos                 = [[Elections in Rwanda|Direct popular vote]]
| title_hog                     = [[Prime Minister of Rwanda|Prime Minister]]
| current_hog                   = [[Justin Nsengiyumva]]
| appointer_hog                 = President
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| cabinet                       = [[Cabinet of Rwanda]]
| current_cabinet               = [[Cabinet of Rwanda#Members of Cabinet|Kagame government]]
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| cabinet_deputyleader          = Prime Minister
| cabinet_appointer             = President
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| court                         = [[Supreme Court of Rwanda]]
| chief_judge                   = [[Faustin Ntezilyayo]]
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{{Politics of Rwanda}}
'''The Republic of [[Rwanda]]''' is politically a ''de facto'' [[one-party state|one-party]] [[republic]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Holmes |first1=Georgina |title=Gendering the Rwanda Defence Force: A Critical Assessment |journal=Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding |date=2014 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=321–333 |doi=10.1080/17502977.2014.964449|s2cid=144474675 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomson |first1=Susan |author1-link=Susan Thomson |title=Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace |date=2018 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-23591-3 |page=185 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbxODwAAQBAJ&q=one-party+state |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ph.D |first1=Joseph Sebarenzi |last2=Twagiramungu |first2=Noel |title=Rwanda's economic growth could be derailed by its autocratic regime |url=https://theconversation.com/rwandas-economic-growth-could-be-derailed-by-its-autocratic-regime-114649 |access-date=5 September 2023 |work=The Conversation |date=8 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Waldorf |first1=Lars |title=Handbook of Restorative Justice |date=2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-203-34682-2 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jGV_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT619 ?] |chapter=Rwanda's failing experiment in restorative justice}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beswick |first1=Danielle |title=Aiding State Building and Sacrificing Peace Building? The Rwanda–UK relationship 1994–2011 |journal=Third World Quarterly |date=2011 |volume=32 |issue=10 |pages=1911–1930 |doi=10.1080/01436597.2011.610593|s2cid=153404360 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bowman |first1=Warigia |title=Four. Imagining a Modern Rwanda: Sociotechnological Imaginaries, Information Technology, and the Postgenocide State |date=2015 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-27666-3 |page=87 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7208/9780226276663-004/html?lang=en |language=en |doi=10.7208/9780226276663-004 |doi-broken-date=12 July 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reyntjens |first1=Filip |title=Behind the Façade of Rwanda's Elections |journal=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |date=2011 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=64–69 |jstor=43133887  |issn=1526-0054}}</ref> governed by the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front]] (RPF) and its leader, [[Paul Kagame]], who was formally elected in 2000, since the RPF played the primary role in ending the [[Rwandan genocide|1994 genocide]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Outreach Programme on the Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations |url=https://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.un.org |language=EN}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stroh |first1=Alexander |title=Electoral rules of the authoritarian game: undemocratic effects of proportional representation in Rwanda |journal=Journal of Eastern African Studies |date=2010 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.1080/17531050903550066|s2cid=154910536 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Matfess |first1=Hilary |title=Rwanda and Ethiopia: Developmental Authoritarianism and the New Politics of African Strong Men |journal=African Studies Review |date=2015 |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=181–204 |doi=10.1017/asr.2015.43|s2cid=143013060 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Although Rwanda is nominally democratic, elections are manipulated in various ways, which include banning opposition parties, arresting or assassinating critics, and [[electoral fraud]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waldorf |first1=Lars |editor1-last=Themnér |editor1-first=Anders |title=Warlord Democrats in Africa: Ex-Military Leaders and Electoral Politics |date=2017 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic / [[Nordic Africa Institute]] |isbn=978-1-78360-248-3 |url=http://files.webb.uu.se/uploader/1576/Warlord-Democrats-in-Africa.pdf#page=79 |language=en |chapter=The Apotheosis of a Warlord: Paul Kagame}}</ref>

Rwandan legislation has developed from Belgian and German civil law systems,<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title = Politics in Rwanda {{!}} About Rwanda|url = http://www.aboutrwanda.com/politics-in-rwanda/|website = www.aboutrwanda.com|access-date = 12 November 2015|archive-date = 5 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305131102/http://www.aboutrwanda.com/politics-in-rwanda/}}</ref> with the country's customary law taking place in a framework of a [[Semi-presidential system|semi-presidential]] [[republic]], whereby the [[List of presidents of Rwanda|president of Rwanda]] serves as the [[head of state]], possessing significant [[executive power]], together with the [[Prime Minister of Rwanda|prime minister of Rwanda]] serving as the [[Constitution of Rwanda|constitutional]] [[head of government]].

[[Legislative power]] is vested in both the [[government]] and the two chambers of parliament, the [[Senate of Rwanda|Senate]] and the [[Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda|Chamber of Deputies]]. On 5 May 1995, the Transitional National Assembly adopted a new constitution that incorporates elements of the 18 June 1991 constitution as well as provisions of the 1993 [[Arusha Accords (Rwanda)|Arusha Accords]] and the November 1994 multiparty protocol of understanding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government of Rwanda {{!}} Climate & Development Knowledge Network |url=https://cdkn.org/node/15760 |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=cdkn.org |language=en}}</ref>

== National legislature ==
In [[Rwanda]], the Chamber of Deputies is composed of eighty Deputies. Among them, fifty-three Deputies are elected by direct universal suffrage in secret, from a fixed list of names of candidates proposed by political organizations or independent candidates; twenty-four women are elected by specific electoral colleges in accordance with the national administrative entities; two Deputies are elected by the National Youth Council; one Deputy is elected by the National Council of Persons with Disabilities.

The Senate is composed of twenty-six members. Among them, there are twelve Senators elected by the specific councils in accordance with the administrative entities; eight Senators appointed by the President of the Republic; four Senators designated by the National Forum of Political organizations; one Senator elected among lecturers and researchers of Public Universities and higher learning institutions; and one Senator elected among lecturers and researchers of Private Universities and higher learning institutions.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title = EIUCountry Login|url = http://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=151847999&Country=Rwanda&topic=Summary&subtopic=Political+structure|website = country.eiu.com|access-date = 12 November 2015}}</ref>

==Historical background==
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{{Main|History of Rwanda|German East Africa|Ruanda-Urundi}}
After its military victory in July 1994, the [[Rwandese Patriotic Front]] organized a coalition government similar to that established by President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] in 1992. Called The Broad Based Government of National Unity, its fundamental law is based on a combination of the constitution, the Arusha accords, and political declarations by the parties. The [[MRND]] party was banned.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-11 |title=Electoral/Political Party Reform - 1994 |url=https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/implementation/electoral-political-party-reform-1994-7 |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Peace Accords Matrix |language=en-US}}</ref>

Political organizing was banned until 2003. The first post-genocide presidential and legislative elections were held in August and September 2003, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-08-27 |title=Kagame wins 95 percent of the presidential vote |url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2003/08/27/kagame-wins-95-percent-presidential-vote |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=www.thenewhumanitarian.org |language=en}}</ref>

The biggest problems facing the government were the reintegration of more than 2 million refugees returning from as long ago as 1959; the end of the [[insurgency]] and [[counter-insurgency]] among ex-military and [[Interahamwe]] militia and the Rwandan Patriotic Army, which is concentrated in the north and south west; and the shift away from crisis to medium- and long-term development planning. The prison population will continue to be an urgent problem for the foreseeable future, having swelled to more than 100,000 in the 3 years after the [[Rwandan Civil War|war]]. 

The government prohibits any form of discrimination by gender, ethnicity, race or religion. The government has passed laws prohibiting emphasis on Hutu or Tutsi identity in most types of political activity.

== Political-economical focus ==
From 2005 to 2010. the political headcount ratio on national poverty lines decreased by more than 10 percent, while life expectancy increased to approximately 64 years, which is higher than that of similar Sub-Saharan African countries and other low-income countries.<ref name="worldbank" />

In 2011, Rwanda's [[Greenhouse gas emissions|{{CO2}} emissions]] totaled 0.1 metric tons per capita, which was significantly lower than those of similar Sub-Saharan African countries as well as other low income countries. Rwanda's school enrollment rate is much higher than that of similar Sub-Saharan African countries, as well as other low-income countries.<ref name="worldbank" />

As of 2014, Rwanda was still considered a low-income country with a GDP of $7.890 billion, based on U.S. dollars, with a total population of 11.34 million people.<ref name="worldbank">{{Cite web |last=World Bank |date=2015 |title=Rwanda {{!}} Data |url=http://data.worldbank.org/country/rwanda#cp_wdi |access-date=12 November 2015 |website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref>

As of 2015, Rwanda had made a shift towards economic improvement, centralizing its foreign exchange around coffee and tea production, "helping to reduce poverty and inequality." The [[World Bank]] has praised Rwanda's efforts.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rwanda country profile - Overview - BBC News|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14093238|website = BBC News|access-date = 12 November 2015|language = en-GB}}</ref>
Kagame has reached out to large companies, such as [[Costco]] and [[Starbucks]], which, as of 2015, were the two largest buyers of [[Coffee production in Rwanda|Rwandan coffee]] beans.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rwanda Rising: A New Model of Economic Development|url = http://www.fastcompany.com/1208900/rwanda-rising-new-model-economic-development|website = Fast Company|access-date = 12 November 2015|language = en-US}}</ref>

==Branches==
===Executive===
{{Further|Cabinet of Rwanda|}}
{{office-table}}
|[[President of Rwanda|President]]
|[[Paul Kagame]]
|[[Rwandan Patriotic Front]]
|24 March 2000
|-
|[[Prime Minister of Rwanda|Prime Minister]]
|[[Justin Nsengiyumva]]
|[[Social Democratic Party (Rwanda)|Social Democratic Party]]
|25 July 2025
|}
The [[List of Presidents of Rwanda|President of Rwanda]] is elected for a five-year term by the people. The Prime Minister and the [[Council of Ministers of Rwanda|Council of Ministers]] are appointed by the president. The president has numerous powers that include creating policy in conjunction with the Cabinet, signing presidential orders, put into effect the prerogative of mercy, negotiating and passing treaties, commanding the armed forces, and declaring war or a state of crisis. <ref>{{cite web
 | title = Government of Rwanda
 | url = https://www.gov.rw/
 | website = Government of Rwanda
 | publisher = Government of Rwanda
 | access-date = 11 October 2025
}}</ref>

===Legislative===
The [[Parliament of Rwanda|Parliament]] (''Inteko Ishinga Amategeko ''or'' Parlement'') has two [[bicameralism|chambers]]. The [[Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda|Chamber of Deputies]] ''(Umutwe w'Abadepite/Chambre des Députés)'' has 80 members, 53 of them elected for a five-year term by [[proportional representation]] with a 5% threshold, 24 (female members) elected by provincial councils, 2 by the National Youth Council and 1 by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled. It is the only legislative chamber in the world where women (45) outnumber men (35).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-the-best-and-worst-places-to-be-a-woman-7534794.html|title=Revealed: The best and worst places to be a woman|date=4 March 2012|website=independent.co.uk}}</ref>

The [[Senate of Rwanda|Senate]] ''(Umutwe wa Sena ''or'' Sénat)'' has 26 members elected or appointed for an eight-year term: 12 elected by provincial and sectoral councils, 8 appointed by the president to ensure the representation of historically marginalized communities, 4 by the Forum of political formations and 2 elected by the staff of the universities. Additional former presidents can request to be member of the senate. Rwanda is a [[one party dominant state]] with the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front]] in power. [[Opposition (politics)|Opposition]] [[political parties|parties]] are allowed, and are represented in Parliament, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

===Judiciary===
The [[Supreme Court of Rwanda]] is the highest judicial power in Rwanda. Together with the High Council of the Judiciary, it is responsible for overseeing Rwanda's courts of lower ordinary jurisdictions and courts of the special jurisdictions. The Supreme Court consists of the Court President, Vice President, and 12 judges.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Rwanda Judicial branch - Government|url = http://www.indexmundi.com/rwanda/judicial_branch.html|website = www.indexmundi.com|access-date = 12 November 2015}}</ref>

Established in 2001, the Gacaca Court was established by the National Unity Government to try cases of genocide against the Tutsis.<ref name=":2" />

Moreover, judges are nominated by the president of the republic, after consulting with the Cabinet and the Superior Council of the Judiciary. Afterwards, they must receive the Senate's approval. The court president and vice president are appointed for 8-year nonrenewable terms.<ref name=":2" />

Regarding the legal profession, although the Rwanda Bar Association has been in existence and operational since at least 1997,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rwandabar.org.rw/about/|title=About|publisher=rwandabar.org.rw|access-date=2017-11-06|archive-date=6 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106122154/http://www.rwandabar.org.rw/about/}}</ref> there has been a lack of clear indications as to how certain demographic groups, such as women, have fared in the legal field.

== Current Presidential Overview ==
The current president of Rwanda is Paul Kagame. The 6th president of Rwanda,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = Profile: Rwanda's President Paul Kagame - BBC News|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/10479882|website = BBC News|access-date = 12 November 2015|language = en-GB}}</ref> he was first elected in 2003. In 2007, the former president, [[Pasteur Bizimungu]], was released from prison on a presidential pardon. Kagame was re-elected in 2010, receiving 93.1 percent of the cast votes.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rwanda: Constitution and politics {{!}} The Commonwealth|url = http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/rwanda/constitution-politics|website = thecommonwealth.org|access-date = 12 November 2015|archive-date = 7 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151207041503/http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/rwanda/constitution-politics}}</ref> Since taking office, Kagame has raised business, reduced crime and corruption, and attracted many foreign investors.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title = King Paul|url = https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21647365-successful-man-no-successor-king-paul?zid=309&ah=80dcf288b8561b012f603b9fd9577f0e|newspaper = The Economist|access-date = 2015-11-12|issn = 0013-0613}}</ref>

Additionally, Kagame has not groomed anyone to be his successor, so there is nothing that points to who his successor could or should be.<ref name=":1" />

President Paul Kagame and his Rwandan Patriotic Front are the dominant political forces in Rwanda. There is only one registered opposition party, while many political opponents have fled into exile.<ref>{{Cite web|title=20 Years After Genocide, Rwanda Prospers but Political Freedom Remains Elusive|url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/20-years-after-genocide-rwanda-prospers-political-freedom-remains-elusive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616213759/https://www.voanews.com/africa/20-years-after-genocide-rwanda-prospers-political-freedom-remains-elusive|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2021|access-date=28 September 2020|website=VOA}}</ref>

President Kagame received military training in [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]], and the [[United States]].<ref name=":3" /> He was a founding member of current Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni's rebel army in 1979 and headed its intelligence wing, assisting Museveni in taking power in 1986.<ref name=":3" />

==Politicians==
===Political parties and elections===
{{elect|List of political parties in Rwanda|Elections in Rwanda}}

=== Key ministers ===
[https://www.gov.rw/cabinet]{{Main|Cabinet of Rwanda}}
* President: [[Paul Kagame]]
* Prime minister: [[Justin Nsengiyumva]]
* Agriculture & animal resources: Dr. [[Ildephonse Musafiri]]
* Cabinet affairs: [[Ines Mpambara]]
* Defence: [[Juvenal Marizamunda]]
* Emergency Management: Maj Gen [[Albert Murasira]]
* Education: [[Gaspard Twagirayezu]]
* Family & gender: Dr [[Valentine Uwamariya]]
* Finance & economic planning: [[Uzziel Ndagijimana|Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana]]
* Foreign affairs & co-operation: Dr. [[Vincent Biruta]]
* Health: Dr. [[Sabin Nsanzimana]]
* Infrastructure: Dr. [[Jimmy Gasore]]
* Internal security: [[Alfred Gasana]]
* Justice/attorney-general: Dr. [[Emmanuel Ugirashebuja]]
* Local government: [[Jean Claude Musabyimana]]
* Natural resources: [[Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya|Amb. Dr. Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya]]
* President's office: [[Judith Uwizeye]]
* Public service & labour: Prof [[Jeannette Bayisenge]]
* Sports: [[Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju]]
* Minister of Youth : Dr. [[Utumatwishima Jean Nepo Abdallah]]
* Trade & industry: Prof. [[Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze]]
* ICT and Innovation: [[Paula Ingabire]]<ref name=":4" />
* Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement: Dr. [[Jean-Damascène Bizimana]]

=== Ministers of State ===
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government in charge of Social Affairs: [[Assumpta Ingabire]]
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice in Charge of Constitutional and Legal Affairs: Amb. [[Solina Nyirahabimana]]
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in charge of Economic Planning: Dr. [[Claudine Uwera]]
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in Charge of the National Treasury: [[Richard Tusabe]]
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Education in charge of Primary and Secondary Education: [[Gaspard Twagirayezu]]
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Education in Charge of ICT and TVET Education: [[Irere Claudette]]
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Health in charge of Primary Healthcare: Lt Col Dr. [[Tharcisse Mpunga]]  
* Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in charge of the East African Community: Prof. [[Manasseh Nshuti]]
* Minister of State of the Ministry of Youth and Culture: Sandrine Umutoni<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ms. Sandrine Umutoni Appointed as the Minister of State for Youth |website=Ministry of Youth |url=https://www.miniyouth.gov.rw/updates/news-details?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=30588&cHash=c79a8a09535b20706b70b9dfb61d6610}}</ref>
* Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources: Prof. [[Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze]]

==== Other Cabinet Members ====
* Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Development Board: [[Francis Gatare]]

==Decentralization system==
{{Main|Decentralization in Rwanda}}

Rwanda is composed of 4 [[Provinces of Rwanda|provinces]] and capital city, 30 districts, 416 sectors, 2,148 cells and 14,837 villages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clgf.org.uk/default/assets/File/Country_profiles/Rwanda.pdf|title=THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IN RWANDA|last=COUNTRY PROFILE 2017–18|first=Commonwealth Local Government Forum|website=www.clgf.org.uk/|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> The four provinces, headed by a governor include the [[Northern Province, Rwanda|Northern]], [[Southern Province, Rwanda|Southern]], [[Eastern Province, Rwanda|Eastern]] and the [[Western Province, Rwanda|Western Provinces]]. The districts, formerly known as communes, are headed by mayors, two vice mayors, and a district council. As of 2006, Kigali has 3 districts, the Northern Province has 5, the Southern Province has 8, and both the Eastern and Western Provinces have 7 districts. Sectors are responsible for implementing and developing programs which deliver services for the social welfare of the population and promote good governance. Sectors are governed by an Executive Secretary and Sector Council. The council includes representatives of cells; members representing persons with disabilities, women, and youth; members representing all primary and secondary schools; members representing health service organizations; and members representing NGOs and cooperative societies. Cells are administrative providers of public services and development. They are governed by an Executive Secretary and Cell Council, whose membership is similar to that of the Sector Council. Villages are governed by a village council, executive committee, and a village head. The village council is composed of all residents above the age of 18. The executive committee are elected members who provide services to the community, such as information and training, social welfare, and security.<ref>{{cite web |title=Administrative Structure |url=https://www.gov.rw/government/administrative-structure |website=Ministry of Local Government |publisher=Government of Rwanda |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327054121/https://www.gov.rw/government/administrative-structure |archive-date=27 March 2023 |location=Kigali, Rwanda |date=2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==International organization participation==
Rwanda is member of
[[Agency for the French-Speaking Community|ACCT]],
[[African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States|ACP]],
[[African Development Bank|AfDB]],
[[Commonwealth of Nations|C]],
[[Customs Cooperation Council|CCC]],
[[Economic Community of Central African States|CEEAC]],
[[Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries|CEPGL]],
[[Economic Commission for Africa|ECA]],
[[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]],
[[Group of 77|G-77]],
[[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development|IBRD]],
[[International Civil Aviation Organization|ICAO]],
[[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions|ICFTU]],
[[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|ICRM]],
[[International Development Association|IDA]],
[[International Fund for Agricultural Development|IFAD]],
[[International Finance Corporation|IFC]],
[[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|IFRCS]],
[[International Labour Organization|ILO]],
[[International Monetary Fund|IMF]],
[[International Telecommunications Satellite Organization|Intelsat]],
[[International Criminal Police Organization|Interpol]],
[[International Olympic Committee|IOC]],
[[International Organization for Migration|IOM]]&nbsp;(observer),
[[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]],
[[Non-Aligned Movement|NAM]],
[[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons|OPCW]],
[[United Nations|UN]],
[[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development|UNCTAD]],
[[United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization|UNESCO]],
[[United Nations Industrial Development Organization|UNIDO]],
[[Universal Postal Union|UPU]],
[[World Confederation of Labour|WCL]],
[[World Health Organization|WHO]],
[[World Intellectual Property Organization|WIPO]],
[[World Meteorological Organization|WMO]],
[[World Tourism Organization|WToO]],
[[World Trade Organization|WTrO]]

Rwanda joined the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] in 2009, making the country one of only two in the Commonwealth without a [[British Empire|British colonial past]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8384930.stm|title=Rwanda admitted to Commonwealth|date=29 November 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> the other being the former [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese colony]] [[Mozambique]].

==See also==
* [[Censorship in Rwanda]]
* [[Rwanda asylum plan]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121223005922/http://www.gov.rw/ Official website of the Republic of Rwanda]
*[http://www.primature.gov.rw/ Official website of the Office of the Prime Minister of Rwanda]
*[http://www.primature.gov.rw/ministries.htm Official website of the Office of the Prime Minister of Rwanda - Directory of Ministries and web addresses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204034344/http://www.primature.gov.rw/ministries.htm |date=4 December 2008 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Purdeková |first1=Andrea |last2=Reyntjens |first2=Filip |last3=Wilén |first3=Nina |title=Militarisation of governance after conflict: beyond the rebel-to-ruler frame – the case of Rwanda |journal=Third World Quarterly |date=2018 |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=158–174 |doi=10.1080/01436597.2017.1369036|hdl=10067/1479870151162165141 |s2cid=158329591 |hdl-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |last1=McDoom |first1=Omar Shahabudin |title=Securocratic state-building: the rationales, rebuttals, and risks behind the extraordinary rise of Rwanda after the genocide |journal=African Affairs |date=2022 |volume=121 |issue=485 |pages=535–567 |doi=10.1093/afraf/adac031 |url=https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article/121/485/535/6722640|doi-access=free }}
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