Prime Minister of Rwanda

This article lists the prime ministers of Rwanda since the formation of the post in 1961 to the present day.

A total of 11 people have served in the office. The incumbent prime minister is Édouard Ngirente, who took office on 30 August 2017.

### Rwanda

|#|Name|**Term of office**|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ndahiro Mimi|1350 - 1386|
|2|Ndoba|1386 - 1410|
|3|Samembe|1410 - 1434|
|4|Nsoro|1434  —1458|
|5|Ruganzu I|1458 – 1482|
|6|Cyirima I|1482 – 1506|
|7|Kigeri I|1506 –  1528|
|8|Mibambwe I|1528 – 1552|
|9|Yuhi I|1552 – 1576|
|10|Ndahiro II|1576 – 1600|
|11|Ruganzu II|1600 – 1624|
|12|Mutara I|1624 – 1648|
|13|Kigeri II|1648 – 1672|
|14|Mibambwe II|1672 – 1696|
|15|Yuhi II|1696 – 1720|
|16|Karemeera|1720 – 1744|
|17|Cyirima II|1744 – 1768|
|18|Kigeri III|1768 – 1792|
|19|Mibambwe III|1792 – 1797|
|20|Yuhi III|1797 – 1830|
|21|Mutara II|1830 – 1853|
|22|Kigeri IV|1853 – 1895|
|23|Mibambwe IV|1895 –  1896|
|24|Yuhi V|1896 –  1916|
|25|Kabare|1896 —1916|
|26|Kanyogera (Nyirayuhi V)|1896 —1916|
|27|Ruhinankiko|1896 —1916|
|27|Yuhi V|1916 —1931|
|28|Radegonde Nyiramavugo Kankazi|1916 —1931|
|29|Mukashema|1916 —1931|
|30|Nyirakabuga|1916 —1931|
|31|Yuhi V|1916 —1931|
|32|Nyiramakomali|1931— 1931|
|33|Mutara III|1931 – 1959|
|34|Rosalie Gicanda|1959 — 1959|
|35|Kigeri V|1959 – 1961|

### Rwanda

|rowspan=2||rowspan=2|Prime Minister|rowspan=2|Portrait|colspan="2"|Tenure|rowspan=2|Elected|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Political affiliation|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|**Republic of Rwanda **|||||||||||
|36|Grégoire Kayibanda (1924–1976)||28 January 1961|28 January 1961||||||||
|Parmehutu||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|37|rowspan="3"|**Dominique Mbonyumutwa** (1921–1986)|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|28 January 1961|rowspan="3"|1961|rowspan="3"|–|
|rowspan="3"|Parmehutu|||||||||||
||1961|1962|1961|||||||||
|Parmehutu||||||||||||
||1962|1973|1965 1969|||||||||
|Parmehutu||||||||||||
||1973|12 October 1991|1978 1983 1988|||||||||
|Military / MRND||||||||||||
||1990|1990||||||||||
||12 October 1991|1992||||||||||
|MRND||||||||||||
||1992|1993||||||||||
|MDR||||||||||||
||1993|1994||||||||||
|MDR||||||||||||
||7 April 1994|9 April 1994|||MRND|||||||
||1994|1994||||||||||
|MDR||||||||||||
||1994|1996||||||||||
||19 July 1994|19 July 1994|||RPF|||||||
||19 July 1994|1995||||||||||
|MDR||||||||||||
||1995|2000||||||||||
|MDR||||||||||||
||2000|24 March 2000||||||||||
|MDR / Independent||||||||||||
||24 March 2000|24 March 2000|||Independent|||||||
||24 March 2000|7 August 2011|||Independent|||||||
||2011|2014||||||||||
|RPF||||||||||||
||2014|30 August 2017||||||||||
|PSD||||||||||||
||30 August 2017|Incumbent||||||||||
|PSD||||||||||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: the Republic of Rwanda
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Rwanda.svg
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Seal of Rwanda
- **image**: Rt.Hon. Dr. Edouard Ngirente - Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **incumbent**: Édouard Ngirente
- **incumbentsince**: 30 August 2017
- **style**: Mr. Prime Minister

Excellency, His Excellency

- **type**: Head of government
- **seat**: Kigali
- **appointer**: List of presidents of Rwanda, President of Rwanda
- **first**: Grégoire Kayibanda