Prime Minister of Rwanda

Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda
Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda
Minisitiri w’Intebe wa Repubulika y'u Rwanda (Kinyarwanda); Waziri Mkuu wa Jamhuri ya Rwanda (Swahili); Premier ministre de la République du Rwanda (French)
	Seal of Rwanda
	Incumbent; Édouard Ngirente; since 30 August 2017
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; 63 years ago
First holder	Grégoire Kayibanda
Website	https://www.primature.gov.rw/

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

The Prime Minister’s Office is entrusted with assisting the Prime Minister in the implementation of national policies.

List of officeholders

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)

National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND)

Republican Democratic Movement (MDR)

Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)

Social Democratic Party (PSD)

Other factions

Independent

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Ethnic group	Political party	President(s)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ethnic group	Political party	President(s)
Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)
1		Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976)	28 January 1961	1 July 1962	1 year, 154 days	Hutu	Parmehutu		Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1961)
1		Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976)	28 January 1961	1 July 1962	1 year, 154 days	Hutu	Parmehutu		Himself (1961–1973)
Republic of Rwanda (independent country)
Post abolished (1 July 1962 – 12 October 1991)
2		Sylvestre Nsanzimana (1936–1999)	12 October 1991	2 April 1992	173 days	Hutu	MRND		Juvénal Habyarimana (1973–1994)
3		Dismas Nsengiyaremye (born 1945)	2 April 1992	18 July 1993	1 year, 107 days	Hutu	MDR
4		Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953–1994)	18 July 1993	7 April 1994 (assassinated.) ^[a]	263 days	Hutu	MDR
5		Jean Kambanda (born 1955)	9 April 1994	19 July 1994 (ousted.) ^[b]	101 days	Hutu	MDR		Théodore Sindikubwabo (1994)
6		Faustin Twagiramungu (1945–2023)	19 July 1994	31 August 1995	1 year, 43 days	Hutu	MDR		Pasteur Bizimungu (1994–2000)
7		Pierre-Célestin Rwigema (born 1953)	31 August 1995	8 March 2000	4 years, 190 days	Hutu	MDR
8		Bernard Makuza (born 1961)	8 March 2000	7 October 2011	11 years, 213 days	Hutu	MDR / Independent
8		Bernard Makuza (born 1961)	8 March 2000	7 October 2011	11 years, 213 days	Hutu	MDR / Independent		Paul Kagame (2000–present)
9		Pierre Habumuremyi (born 1961)	7 October 2011	24 July 2014	2 years, 290 days	Hutu	RPF
10		Anastase Murekezi (born 1952)	24 July 2014	30 August 2017	3 years, 37 days	Hutu	PSD
11		Édouard Ngirente (born 1973)	30 August 2017	Incumbent	7 years, 94 days		PSD

Timeline

Notes

^ Assassinated during initial events of the Rwandan genocide.
^ Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide.

References

^ 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

World Statesmen – Rwanda

[2] Assassinated during initial events of the Rwandan genocide.

[3] Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide.

[1] 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.

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