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List of presidents of Rwanda

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List of presidents of Rwanda
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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.

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The president of Rwanda is the head of state and head of executive[2] of the Republic of Rwanda. The president is elected every seven years by popular vote,[3] and appoints the prime minister and all other members of Cabinet.[4]

A total of four people have served in the office. The incumbent president is Paul Kagame, who took office on 22 April 2000, after being acting president for nearly a month.

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Term limits

There was a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Rwanda. The constitutional referendum in 2015 allowed Paul Kagame third seven-year term, and ability to run for further two five-year terms thereafter.[5]

List of officeholders

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Status
 Denotes acting president
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Timeline

Paul KagamePasteur BizimunguThéodore SindikubwaboJuvénal HabyarimanaGrégoire KayibandaDominique Mbonyumutwa

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Notes

  1. Styled as Chairman of the Committee for Peace and National Unity until 1 August 1973.
  2. After the assassination of Habyarimana, Colonel Théoneste Bagosora along with Colonel Rwagafilita gathered supporters and convened a meeting of a Crisis Committee; Sindikubwabo was installed as interim President at the meeting. The committee was officially dissolved, but Bagosora and other senior officers remained de facto leaders of the country during Sindikubwabo's term.
  3. Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide.
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