Prime Minister of Rwanda

This article lists the prime ministers of Rwanda since the formation of the post in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day. A total of eleven people have served in the post. The current prime minister of Rwanda is Édouard Ngirente, who took office on 30 August 2017.[1]

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Rwanda
Incumbent
Édouard Ngirente
since 30 August 2017
AppointerPaul Kagame,
as President of Rwanda
Inaugural holderGrégoire Kayibanda
Formation28 January 1961
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List of officeholders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Ethnic group Political party President(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)
1 Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976)		 28 January 1961 1 July 1962 1 year, 154 days Hutu Parmehutu Mbonyumutwa
Himself
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 Habyarimana
3 Dismas Nsengiyaremye
(born 1945)		 2 April 1992 18 July 1993 1 year, 107 days Hutu MDR Habyarimana
4 Agathe Uwilingiyimana
(1953–1994)		 18 July 1993 7 April 1994
(assassinated.)
[lower-alpha 1]		 263 days Hutu MDR Habyarimana
5 Jean Kambanda
(born 1955)		 9 April 1994 19 July 1994
(ousted.)
[lower-alpha 2]		 101 days Hutu MDR Sindikubwabo
6 Faustin Twagiramungu
(born 1945)		 19 July 1994 31 August 1995 1 year, 43 days Hutu MDR Bizimungu
7 Pierre-Célestin Rwigema
(born 1953)		 31 August 1995 8 March 2000 4 years, 190 days Hutu MDR Bizimungu
8 Bernard Makuza
(born 1961)		 8 March 2000 7 October 2011 11 years, 213 days Hutu MDR /
Independent		 Bizimungu
Kagame
9 Pierre Habumuremyi
(born 1961)		 7 October 2011 24 July 2014 2 years, 290 days Hutu RPF Kagame
10 Anastase Murekezi
(born 1952)		 24 July 2014 30 August 2017 3 years, 37 days Hutu PSD Kagame
11 Édouard Ngirente
(born 1973)		 30 August 2017 Incumbent 3 years, 158 days PSD Kagame

See also

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

References
  1. Rwanda, Government of (2017-08-30). "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 2017-08-30.
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