List of Presidents of Rwanda
List

List of Presidents of Rwanda

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No.	President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure	Elected	Ethnic affiliation	Political affiliation	Prime Minister(s)

Took office	Left office

Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)

1	Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921–1986)	-	28 January 1961	26 October 1961	–	Hutu	Parmehutu	Kayibanda

2	Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976)	-	26 October 1961	1 July 1962	1961	Hutu	Parmehutu	Himself

Republic of Rwanda (independent country)

2	Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976)	-	1 July 1962	5 July 1973 (deposed.)	1965 1969	Hutu	Parmehutu	Position abolished

3	Juvénal Habyarimana (1937–1994)	-	5 July 1973	6 April 1994 (assassinated.)	1978 1983 1988	Hutu	Military / MRND	Nsanzimana Nsengiyaremye Uwilingiyimana

4	Théodore Sindikubwabo (1928–1998)	-	8 April 1994	19 July 1994 (ousted.)	–	Hutu	MRND	Kambanda

5	Pasteur Bizimungu (1950–)	-	19 July 1994	23 March 2000 (resigned.)	–	Hutu	RPF	Twagiramungu Rwigema Makuza

6	Paul Kagame (1957–)	-	24 March 2000	Incumbent	2000 2003 2010 2017	Tutsi	RPF	Makuza Habumuremyi Murekezi Ngirente

Sentence(s)

Théodore Sindikubwabo (1928–1998) was the President of Rwanda till July 19, 1994.

final_sentence: Théodore Sindikubwabo (1928–1998) was the President of Rwanda till July 19, 1994.