Prime Minister of Rwanda

Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda
Seal of Rwanda
Incumbent Édouard Ngirente since 30 August 2017
Appointer	Paul Kagame, as President of Rwanda
Inaugural holder	Grégoire Kayibanda
Formation	28 January 1961

This article lists the Prime Ministers of Rwanda since the formation of the post in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day. A total of eleven people have served in the post. The current Prime Minister is Édouard Ngirente, who took office on 30 August 2017.

Key

Political parties

•   Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement (Parmehutu)
•   National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND)
•   Republican Democratic Movement (MDR)
•   Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
•   Social Democratic Party (PSD)

Other factions

•   Independent

List

№	Prime Minister (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure		Ethnic affiliation	Political affiliation		President(s)
			Took office	Left office
Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)
1	Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976)		28 January 1961	1 July 1962	Hutu	style="background: Template:Parmehutu/meta/color;" |	Parmehutu	Mbonyumutwa Himself
Republic of Rwanda (independent country)
Post abolished (1 July 1962 – 12 October 1991)
2	Sylvestre Nsanzimana (1936–)		12 October 1991	2 April 1992	Hutu	style="background: Template:National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development/meta/color;" |	MRND	Habyarimana
3	Dismas Nsengiyaremye (1945–)		2 April 1992	18 July 1993	Hutu	style="background: Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color;" |	MDR	Habyarimana
4	Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953–1994)		18 July 1993	7 April 1994 (assassinated.)	Hutu	style="background: Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color;" |	MDR	Habyarimana
5	Jean Kambanda (1955–)		9 April 1994	19 July 1994 (ousted.)	Hutu	style="background: Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color;" |	MDR	Sindikubwabo
6	Faustin Twagiramungu (1945–)		19 July 1994	31 August 1995	Hutu	style="background: Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color;" |	MDR	Bizimungu
7	Pierre-Célestin Rwigema (1953–)		31 August 1995	8 March 2000	Hutu	style="background: Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color;" |	MDR	Bizimungu
8	Bernard Makuza (1961–)		8 March 2000	7 October 2011	Hutu	style="background: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" |	MDR / Independent	Bizimungu Kagame
9	Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi (1961–)		7 October 2011	24 July 2014	Hutu	style="background: Template:Rwandan Patriotic Front/meta/color;" |	RPF	Kagame
10	Anastase Murekezi (1952–)		24 July 2014	30 August 2017	Hutu	style="background: Template:Social Democratic Party (Rwanda)/meta/color;" |	PSD	Kagame
11	Édouard Ngirente (1973–)		30 August 2017	Incumbent		style="background: Template:Social Democratic Party (Rwanda)/meta/color;" |	PSD	Kagame

See also

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

External links

• World Statesmen – Rwanda