Prime Minister of Rwanda
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda | |
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| Minisitiri w’Intebe wa Repubulika y'u Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) Waziri Mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Rwanda (Swahili) Premier ministre de la République du Rwanda (French) | |
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| Style | Mr. Prime Minister (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) The Right Honourable (honorific prefix) |
| Type | Head of government |
| Seat | Kigali |
| Appointer | President of Rwanda |
| Formation | 28 January 1961 |
| First holder | Grégoire Kayibanda |
| Website | https://www.primature.gov.rw/ |
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The Prime Minister of Rwanda is the head of government of the Republic of Rwanda. The prime minister is appointed by the president, along with other ministers in the Cabinet. A total of 11 people have served in the office. The incumbent prime minister is Édouard Ngirente, who took office on 30 August 2017.[1]
Prime Minister's Office
[edit]The Prime Minister’s Office is entrusted with assisting the Prime Minister in the implementation of national policies.
List of officeholders
[edit]This lists the prime ministers of Rwanda since the formation of the post in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day.
- Political parties
Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement (Parmehutu)
Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
Social Democratic Party (PSD)
- Other factions
| 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 | Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1961) | |
| Himself (1961–1973) | |||||||||
| 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 | Juvénal Habyarimana.jpg) (1973–1994) | |
| 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 | Théodore Sindikubwabo (1994) | |
| 6 | 
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Faustin Twagiramungu (1945–2023) |
19 July 1994 | 31 August 1995 | 1 year, 43 days | Hutu | MDR | Pasteur Bizimungu.jpg) (1994–2000) | |
| 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 | ||
Paul Kagame (2000–present) | |||||||||
| 9 | 
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Pierre Habumuremyi (born 1961) |
7 October 2011 | 24 July 2014 | 2 years, 290 days | Hutu | RPF | ||
| 10 | .jpg)
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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 | 7 years, 71 days | PSD | |||
Timeline
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See also
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- Politics of Rwanda
- List of kings of Rwanda
- List of presidents of Rwanda
- Vice President of Rwanda
- List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi
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 (30 August 2017). "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 30 August 2017.
External links
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