| Post: | Prime Minister |
| Body: | the Republic of Rwanda |
| Native Name: | |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Rwanda.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of Rwanda |
| Incumbent: | Édouard Ngirente |
| Incumbentsince: | 30 August 2017 |
| Type: | Head of government |
| Seat: | Kigali |
| Appointer: | President of Rwanda |
| First: | 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]
The Prime Minister’s Office is entrusted with assisting the prime minister in the implementation of national policies.
This lists the prime ministers of Rwanda since the formation of the post in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Ethnic group | Political party | President(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Grégoire Kayibanda | 1961 | 1962 | Hutu | Parmehutu | Dominique Mbonyumutwa | |||
| Himself | |||||||||
| Republic of Rwanda | |||||||||
| Post abolished (1 July 1962 – 12 October 1991) | |||||||||
| 2 | Sylvestre Nsanzimana | 1991 | 1992 | Hutu | MRND | Juvénal Habyarimana | |||
| 3 | Dismas Nsengiyaremye | 1992 | 1993 | Hutu | MDR | ||||
| 4 | Agathe Uwilingiyimana | 1993 | 1994 | Hutu | MDR | ||||
| 5 | Jean Kambanda | 1994 | 1994 | Hutu | MDR | Théodore Sindikubwabo | |||
| 6 | Faustin Twagiramungu | 1994 | 1995 | Hutu | MDR | Pasteur Bizimungu | |||
| 7 | Pierre-Célestin Rwigema | 1995 | 2000 | Hutu | MDR | ||||
| 8 | Bernard Makuza | 2000 | 2011 | Hutu | MDR / Independent | ||||
| Paul Kagame | |||||||||
| 9 | Pierre Habumuremyi | 2011 | 2014 | Hutu | RPF | ||||
| 10 | Anastase Murekezi | 2014 | 2017 | Hutu | PSD | ||||
| 11 | Édouard Ngirente | 2017 | Incumbent | PSD | |||||