List of Presidents of Rwanda

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This page contains a list of the Presidents of Rwanda.

Tenure	Incumbent	Ethnic affiliation	Political affiliation
Republic of Rwanda (Part of Ruanda-Urundi)
28 January 1961 – 26 October 1961	Dominique Mbonyumutwa, President	Hutu	Parmehutu
26 October 1961 – 1 July 1962	Grégoire Kayibanda, President	Hutu	Parmehutu
Republic of Rwanda (Independent State)
1 July 1962 – 5 July 1973	Grégoire Kayibanda, President	Hutu	Parmehutu
5 July 1973 – 1 August 1973	Juvénal Habyarimana, Chairman of the Committee for Peace and National Unity	Hutu	Military
1 August 1973 – 6 April 1994	Juvénal Habyarimana, President	Hutu	Military/National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND)
8 April 1994 – 19 July 1994	Théodore Sindikubwabo, interim President	Hutu	National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND)
19 July 1994 – 23 March 2000	Pasteur Bizimungu, President	Hutu	Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
24 March 2000 – Present	Paul Kagame, President	Tutsi	Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)

Latest election

e • d **Summary of the 25 August 2003 Rwandan presidential election results**
Candidates - Parties	Votes	%
Paul Kagame - Rwandese Patriotic Front (Front patriotique rwandais)	3,544,777	95.1
Faustin Twagiramungu	134,865	3.6
Jean-Népomuscène Nayinzira	49,634	1.3
Total valid votes	3,729,276	100.0
Invalid/Blank votes	83,291
Total votes (turnout 96.6%)	3,812,567
Registered voters	3,948,749
Source: National Electoral Commission of Rwanda