Prime Minister of Rwanda

Prime Minister of the
Republic of Rwanda

Incumbent
Anastase Murekezi
since 24 July 2014
Appointer Paul Kagame,
as President of Rwanda
Inaugural holder Grégoire Kayibanda
Formation 28 January 1961
Rwanda
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Rwanda

This article lists the Prime Ministers of Rwanda since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Rwanda in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day.

A total of eleven people have served as Prime Minister of Rwanda.

The current Prime Minister of Rwanda is Anastase Murekezi, since 24 July 2014.

Key

Political parties
Other factions

List

№ Prime Minister
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Tenure Ethnic affiliation Political affiliation President(s)
Took office Left office
Republic of Rwanda (part of Ruanda-Urundi)
1 Grégoire Kayibanda
(1924–1976)		 28 January 1961 1 July 1962 Hutu Parmehutu Mbonyumutwa
Himself
Republic of Rwanda (independent country)
Post abolished (1 July 1962 – 12 October 1991)
2 Sylvestre Nsanzimana
(1936–)		 12 October 1991 2 April 1992 Hutu MRND Habyarimana
3 Dismas Nsengiyaremye
(1945–)		 2 April 1992 18 July 1993 Hutu MDR Habyarimana
4 Agathe Uwilingiyimana
(1953–1994)		 18 July 1993 7 April 1994
(assassinated.)		 Hutu MDR Habyarimana
5 Jean Kambanda
(1955–)		 9 April 1994 19 July 1994
(ousted.)[1]		 Hutu MDR Sindikubwabo
6 Faustin Twagiramungu
(1945–)		 19 July 1994 31 August 1995 Hutu MDR Bizimungu
7 Pierre-Célestin Rwigema
(1953–)		 31 August 1995 8 March 2000 Hutu MDR Bizimungu
8 Bernard Makuza
(1961–)		 8 March 2000 7 August 2011 Hutu MDR /
Independent		 Bizimungu
Kagame
9 Pierre Habumuremyi
(1961–)		 7 October 2011 24 July 2014 Hutu RPF Kagame
10 Anastase Murekezi
(1952–)		 24 July 2014 Incumbent Hutu PSD Kagame

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Fled to Zaire at the end of the Rwandan Civil War and the Rwandan genocide
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