Prime Minister of Rwanda
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| 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. The prime minister is appointed by the president, along with other ministers in the Cabinet.
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[edit]
- Political parties
- Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement (Parmehutu)
- Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
- Social Democratic Party (PSD)
- Other factions
List of officeholders[edit]
| 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) | ||||||||
| 1 | .jpg)
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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) | ||||||||
| 2 | 
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Sylvestre Nsanzimana (1936–1999) |
12 October 1991 | 2 April 1992 | 173 days | Hutu | MRND | Habyarimana |
| 3 |
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Dismas Nsengiyaremye (born 1945) |
2 April 1992 | 18 July 1993 | 1 year, 107 days | Hutu | MDR | |
| 4 |
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Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953–1994) |
18 July 1993 | 7 April 1994 (assassinated.) [a] |
263 days | Hutu | MDR | |
| 5 |
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Jean Kambanda (born 1955) |
9 April 1994 | 19 July 1994 (ousted.) [b] |
101 days | Hutu | MDR | Sindikubwabo |
| 6 | 
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Faustin Twagiramungu (born 1945) |
19 July 1994 | 31 August 1995 | 1 year, 43 days | Hutu | MDR | Bizimungu |
| 7 | .jpg)
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Pierre-Célestin Rwigema (born 1953) |
31 August 1995 | 8 March 2000 | 4 years, 190 days | Hutu | MDR | |
| 8 | 
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Bernard Makuza (born 1961) |
8 March 2000 | 7 October 2011 | 11 years, 213 days | Hutu | MDR / Independent |
Bizimungu Kagame |
| 9 | 
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Pierre Habumuremyi (born 1961) |
7 October 2011 | 24 July 2014 | 2 years, 290 days | Hutu | RPF | Kagame |
| 10 | 
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Anastase Murekezi (born 1952) |
24 July 2014 | 30 August 2017 | 3 years, 37 days | Hutu | PSD | |
| 11 | 
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Édouard Ngirente (born 1973) |
30 August 2017 | Incumbent | 4 years, 80 days | PSD | ||
Timeline[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Assassinated during initial events of the Rwandan genocide.
- ^ Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide.
References[edit]
- ^ 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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