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List of presidents of Rwanda

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.

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The president of Rwanda is the head of state and head of executive[2] of the Republic of Rwanda. The president is elected every seven years by popular vote,[3] and appoints the prime minister and all other members of Cabinet.[4]

A total of 4 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.[5]

List of officeholders

Political parties
  Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement (Parmehutu)
  National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND)
  Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
Other factions
  Military
Status
  Acting President
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Timeline

Paul KagamePasteur BizimunguThéodore SindikubwaboJuvénal HabyarimanaGrégoire KayibandaDominique Mbonyumutwa

Latest election

Main article: 2017 Rwandan presidential election
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See also

Notes

  1. Styled as Chairman of the Committee for Peace and National Unity until 1 August 1973.
  2. Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide.

References

  1. [1]
    "Top 15 Highest Paid African Presidents 2017". 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    CJCR 2003, article 117.
  3. [3]
    CJCR 2003, articles 100–101.
  4. [4]
    CJCR 2003, article 116.
  5. [5]
    Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
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