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 |
| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Rwanda |
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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Rwanda since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Rwanda in 1961, to the present day.
A total of ten people have served as Prime Minister of Rwanda.
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Prime Ministers of Rwanda[edit]
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
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Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)[edit]
| Prime Minister | Term of office | Political party | |||||
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Ethnicity | Took office | Left office | Duration | |
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Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976) |
Hutu | 28 January 1961 | 1 July 1962 | 1 year, 154 days | Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement |
Republic of Rwanda (independent country)[edit]
| Prime Minister | Term of office | Political party | ||||||
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| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Ethnicity | Took office | Left office | Duration | ||
| Post Abolished (1 July 1962 – 12 October 1991) | ||||||||
| 2 | ![]() |
Sylvestre Nsanzimana (1936–) |
Hutu | 12 October 1991 | 2 April 1992 | 173 days | National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development | |
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Dismas Nsengiyaremye (1945–) |
Hutu | 2 April 1992 | 18 July 1993 | 1 year, 107 days | Republican Democratic Movement | |
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Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953–1994) |
Hutu | 18 July 1993 | 7 April 1994 (Assassinated) |
263 days | Republican Democratic Movement | |
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Jean Kambanda (1955–) |
Hutu | 9 April 1994 | 19 July 1994[1] | 101 days | Republican Democratic Movement | |
| 6 | Faustin Twagiramungu (1945–) |
Hutu | 19 July 1994 | 31 August 1995 | 1 year, 43 days | Republican Democratic Movement | ||
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Pierre-Célestin Rwigema (1953–) |
Hutu | 31 August 1995 | 8 March 2000 | 4 years, 190 days | Republican Democratic Movement | |
| 8 | ![]() |
Bernard Makuza (1961–) |
Hutu | 8 March 2000 | 7 October 2011 | 11 years, 213 days | Republican Democratic Movement / Independent |
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| 9 | Pierre Habumuremyi (1961–) |
Hutu | 7 October 2011 | 24 July 2014 | 2 years, 290 days | Rwandan Patriotic Front | ||
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Anastase Murekezi (1952–) |
Hutu | 24 July 2014 | Incumbent | 1 year, 90 days | Social Democratic Party | |
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Fled the country at the end of the Rwandan Genocide
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