List of Presidents of Rwanda
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President of the Republic of Rwanda |
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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).
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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 | |||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Ethnicity | Took office | Left office | Duration | |
— | Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921–1986) |
Hutu | 28 January 1961 | 26 October 1961 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement | |
1 | Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976) |
Hutu | 26 October 1961 | 1 July 1962 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement |
Republic of Rwanda (independent country)
- Status
Denotes Acting President
President | Term of office | Political party | |||||
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№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Ethnicity | Took office | Left office | Duration | |
(1) | Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976) |
Hutu | 1 July 1962 | 5 July 1973 (Deposed) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement | |
2 | Juvénal Habyarimana (1937–1994)[1] |
Hutu | 5 July 1973 | 6 April 1994 (Assassinated) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Military / National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development |
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— | Théodore Sindikubwabo (1928–1998) |
Hutu | 8 April 1994 | 19 July 1994[2] | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development | |
3 | Pasteur Bizimungu (1957–) |
Hutu | 19 July 1994 | 23 March 2000 (Resigned) |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Rwandan Patriotic Front | |
4 | 70px | Paul Kagame (1957–) |
Tutsi | 24 March 2000 | 22 April 2000 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Rwandan Patriotic Front |
22 April 2000 | Incumbent |
Latest election
Candidates – Parties | Votes | % |
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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 |
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Total votes | ||
Registered voters | 5,178,492 | |
Source: National Electoral Commission of Rwanda (PDF) |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Styled as Chairman of the Committee for Peace and National Unity until 1 August 1973
- ↑ Fled the country at the end of the Rwandan Genocide