Prime Minister of Rwanda
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda | |
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| Appointer | Paul Kagame, as President of Rwanda |
| Inaugural holder | Grégoire Kayibanda |
| Formation | 28 January 1961 |
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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 of Rwanda is Édouard Ngirente, who took office on 30 August 2017.[1]
Key
- Political parties
- Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement (Parmehutu)
- Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
- Social Democratic Party (PSD)
- Other factions
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Ethnic group | Political party | President(s) | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi) | ||||||||
| style="background:Template:Parmehutu/meta/color; color:white;"| 1 | 
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Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976) |
28 January 1961 | 1 July 1962 | 1 year, 154 days | Hutu | Parmehutu | Mbonyumutwa Himself |
| Republic of Rwanda (independent country) | ||||||||
| Post abolished (1 July 1962 – 12 October 1991) | ||||||||
| style="background:Template:National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development/meta/color; color:white;"| 2 |
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Sylvestre Nsanzimana (1936–1999) |
12 October 1991 | 2 April 1992 | 173 days | Hutu | MRND | Habyarimana |
| style="background:Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color; color:white;"| 3 |
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Dismas Nsengiyaremye (1945–) |
2 April 1992 | 18 July 1993 | 1 year, 107 days | Hutu | MDR | Habyarimana |
| style="background:Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color; color:white;"| 4 |
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Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953–1994) |
18 July 1993 | 7 April 1994 (assassinated.) [a] |
263 days | Hutu | MDR | Habyarimana |
| style="background:Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color; color:white;"| 5 |
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Jean Kambanda (1955–) |
9 April 1994 | 19 July 1994 (ousted.) [b] |
101 days | Hutu | MDR | Sindikubwabo |
| style="background:Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color; color:white;"| 6 | 
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Faustin Twagiramungu (1945–) |
19 July 1994 | 31 August 1995 | 1 year, 43 days | Hutu | MDR | Bizimungu |
| style="background:Template:Republican Democratic Movement/meta/color; color:white;"| 7 |
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Pierre-Célestin Rwigema (1953–) |
31 August 1995 | 8 March 2000 | 4 years, 190 days | Hutu | MDR | Bizimungu |
| style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color; color:black;"| 8 | 
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Bernard Makuza (1961–) |
8 March 2000 | 7 October 2011 | 11 years, 213 days | Hutu | MDR / Independent |
Bizimungu Kagame |
| style="background:Template:Rwandan Patriotic Front/meta/color; color:white;"| 9 | 
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Pierre Habumuremyi (1961–) |
7 October 2011 | 24 July 2014 | 2 years, 290 days | Hutu | RPF | Kagame |
| style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Rwanda)/meta/color; color:white;"| 10 | 
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Anastase Murekezi (1952–) |
24 July 2014 | 30 August 2017 | 3 years, 37 days | Hutu | PSD | Kagame |
| style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party (Rwanda)/meta/color; color:white;"| 11 | .jpg){kind=small}
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Édouard Ngirente (1973–) |
30 August 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 258 days | PSD | Kagame | |
See also
Notes
- ^ Assassinated during initial events of the Rwandan genocide.
- ^ Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide.
References
- ^ Rwanda, Government of (2017-08-30). "In reference to the Rwandan Constitution as amended to date, President #Kagame has appointed Edouard Ngirente as the new Prime Minister.pic.twitter.com/7cICRR7b9a". @RwandaGov. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
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