| Post: | President |
| Body: | the Republic of Rwanda |
| Flag: | Flag of the President of Rwanda.svg |
| Flagsize: | 125 |
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| Flagcaption: | Presidential Standard |
| Incumbent: | Paul Kagame |
| Incumbentsince: | 22 April 2000 Acting: 24 March – 22 April 2000 |
| Style: | Mr President His Excellency |
| Type: | Head of state Executive president |
| Residence: | Village Urugwiro |
| Seat: | Kigali |
| Appointer: | Popular vote |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| First: | Dominique Mbonyumutwa |
| Salary: | US$85,000 annually[1] |
| Website: | https://www.gov.rw/president |
This article lists the presidents of Rwanda since the creation of the office in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day.
The president of Rwanda is the head of state and head of executive of the Republic of Rwanda. The president is elected every seven years by popular vote, and appoints the prime minister and all other members of Cabinet.
A total of four people have served in the office. The incumbent president is Paul Kagame, who took office on 22 April 2000, after being acting president for nearly a month.
There was a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Rwanda. The constitutional referendum in 2015 allowed Paul Kagame third seven-year term, and ability to run for further two five-year terms thereafter.[2]
| Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Ethnic group | Political party | Prime minister(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
| — | Hutu | Kayibanda | |||||||||
| 1 | 1961 | Hutu | Himself | ||||||||
| Republic of Rwanda | |||||||||||
| 1965 1969 | Hutu | Position abolished | [3] [4] | ||||||||
| 2 | 1978 1983 1988 | Hutu | / Military | Nsanzimana Nsengiyaremye Uwilingiyimana | [5] | ||||||
| — | Hutu | Kambanda | |||||||||
| 3 | — | Hutu | Twagiramungu Rwigema Makuza | [6] | |||||||
| 4 | — | Tutsi | Makuza Habumuremyi Murekezi Ngirente | [7] | |||||||
| 2003 2010 2017 2024 | Incumbent | ||||||||||
See main article: 2024 Rwandan general election.