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This article lists the presidents of Rwanda since the creation of the office in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day. The president of Rwanda is the head of state and head of executive [2] of the Republic of Rwanda.
For a list of heads of state taking dates of independence into account, see List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence. Acting presidents are included in this list, but if a leader has non-consecutive terms, only the current period of service is listed. States where head of state differs from head of government are mainly parliamentary ...
He was considered Rwanda's de facto leader when he was Vice President and Minister of Defence under President Pasteur Bizimungu from 1994 to 2000 after which the vice-presidential post was abolished. Born to a Tutsi family in southern Rwanda that fled to Uganda when he was two years old, Kagame spent the rest of his childhood there during the ...
General elections were held in Rwanda on 15 July 2024 to elect the president and members of the Chamber of Deputies. [1] [2]In an election that was criticised as unfair for its barring of serious opposition candidates, [3] [4] incumbent President Paul Kagame, in office since 2000, was elected to a fourth term (allegedly with over 99% of the vote and a 98.2% turnout) and was inaugurated on 11 ...
Date of entry into office President: Office of the President of Rwanda: Paul Kagame: March 2000 Prime Minister: Prime Minister's Office Dr. Édouard Ngirente [3] August 2017 Minister of Local Government: Minaloc Musabyimana Jean Claude [4] November 2022 [5] Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources: Minagri Ildephonse Musafiri [3] March 2023
The inauguration of Paul Kagame as the president of Rwanda took place on August 11, 2024, at Amahoro National Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda. This marked the beginning of Kagame's new term of a five-year term following his overwhelming victory in the 2024 presidential election [1] where he received 99.18% of the vote. The ceremony was attended by ...
Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Isabelle Kalihangabo (b. 1972), lawyer and politician Jean Kambanda (b. 1955), former Prime Minister; pleaded guilty in 1998 to genocide [ 4 ]
The RPF forms a provisional government [1] and Pasteur Bizimungu becomes President of Rwanda. 21 August: The RPF controls the whole of Rwanda. [1] 8 November: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is established. [8] 2000: 24 March: Paul Kagame is selected as interim President of Rwanda. [9] 22 April: Paul Kagame is sworn in as the ...