List of presidents of Rwanda

President of the Republic of Rwanda
Flag of the President
Incumbent Paul Kagame since 24 March 2000
Residence	Urugwiro, Kigali
Term length	7 years
Inaugural holder	Dominique Mbonyumutwa
Formation	28 January 1961

This article lists the Presidents of Rwanda since the formation of the post of President of Rwanda in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day.

A total of four people have served as President of Rwanda (not counting two Acting Presidents).

The current President of Rwanda is Paul Kagame, since 24 March 2000.

Key

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

List

№	President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure		Elected	Ethnic affiliation	Political affiliation		Prime Minister(s)
			Took office	Left office
Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)
–	Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921–1986)		28 January 1961	26 October 1961	–	Hutu	style="background: Template:Parmehutu/meta/color;" |	Parmehutu	Kayibanda
1	Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976)		26 October 1961	1 July 1962	–	Hutu	style="background: Template:Parmehutu/meta/color;" |	Parmehutu	Himself
Republic of Rwanda (independent country)
(1)	Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976)		1 July 1962	5 July 1973 (deposed.)	1965 1969	Hutu	style="background: Template:Parmehutu/meta/color;" |	Parmehutu	Position abolished
2	Juvénal Habyarimana (1937–1994)		5 July 1973	6 April 1994 (assassinated.)	1978 1983 1988	Hutu	style="background: Template:National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development/meta/color;" |	Military / MRND	Nsanzimana Nsengiyaremye Uwilingiyimana
–	Théodore Sindikubwabo (1928–1998)		8 April 1994	19 July 1994 (ousted.)	–	Hutu	style="background: Template:National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development/meta/color;" |	MRND	Kambanda
3	Pasteur Bizimungu (1950–)		19 July 1994	23 March 2000 (resigned.)	–	Hutu	style="background: Template:Rwandan Patriotic Front/meta/color;" |	RPF	Twagiramungu Rwigema Makuza
4	Paul Kagame (1957–)		24 March 2000	22 April 2000	2003 2010 2017	Tutsi	rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Rwandan Patriotic Front/meta/color;" |	RPF	Makuza Habumuremyi Murekezi Ngirente
			22 April 2000	Incumbent

Latest election

Main article: Rwandan presidential election, 2017

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Paul Kagame	Rwandan Patriotic Front	6,650,722	98.63
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"|	Philippe Mpayimana	Independent	49,117	0.73
	Frank Habineza	Democratic Green Party of Rwanda	31,633	0.47
Invalid/blank votes				–
Total			6,731,472	100
Registered voters/turnout
Source: NEC Rwanda

See also

• Rwanda
  • Politics of Rwanda
  • List of kings of Rwanda
  • Vice President of Rwanda
  • Prime Minister of Rwanda
  • List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi
    • List of colonial residents of Rwanda
• Lists of Incumbents

External links

• World Statesmen – Rwanda