Prime Minister of Rwanda
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List of Prime Ministers of Rwanda

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Republic of Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

Part of Ruanda-Urundi
Ruanda-Urundi
Ruanda-Urundi was a Belgian suzerainty from 1916 to 1924, a League of Nations Class B Mandate from 1924 to 1945 and then a United Nations trust territory until 1962, when it became the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.- Overview :...

28 January 1961 to 1 July 1962 Grégoire Kayibanda
Grégoire Kayibanda
Grégoire Kayibanda was the first elected and second President of the Republic of Rwanda. He led Rwanda's struggle for independence from Belgium, and replaced the Tutsi monarchy with a republican form of government. He asserted Hutu majority power.-Early life and education:Grégoire Kayibanda was...

, Prime Minister
Parmehutu Hutu
Hutu
The Hutu , or Abahutu, are a Central African people, living mainly in Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo.-Population statistics:The Hutu are the largest of the three peoples in Burundi and Rwanda; according to the United States Central Intelligence Agency, 84% of Rwandans and 85% of Burundians...

Republic of Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

(République du Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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1 July 1962 to 12 October 1991 Post Abolished
12 October 1991 to 2 April 1992 Sylvestre Nsanzimana
Sylvestre Nsanzimana
Sylvestre Nsanzimana served as Prime Minister of Rwanda from 12 October 1991 to 2 April 1992.He also served as Rwanda's Foreign Minister from 1969 to 1971.-References:...

, Prime Minister
MRND Hutu
2 April 1992 to 18 July 1993 Dismas Nsengiyaremye
Dismas Nsengiyaremye
Dismas Nsengiyaremye served as Prime Minister of Rwanda from 2 April 1992 to 18 July 1993.He was a member of the Democratic Republican Movement. During his term, he appointed Agathe Uwilingiyimana to the Ministry of Education, though she later succeeded him as PM.-References:...

, Prime Minister
MDR Hutu
18 July 1993 to 7 April 1994 Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Agathe Uwilingiyimana was a Rwandan political figure. She served as Prime Minister of Rwanda from 18 July 1993 until her death on 7 April 1994. Her term was ended when she was assassinated during the opening stages of the Rwandan Genocide...

, Prime Minister
MDR ♀; Hutu; assassinated
9 April 1994 to 19 July 1994 Jean Kambanda
Jean Kambanda
Jean Kambanda was the Prime Minister in the caretaker government of Rwanda from the start of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide...

, Prime Minister
MDR Hutu; fled the country after the Rwandan Genocide
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...

 ended
19 July 1994 to 31 August 1995 Faustin Twagiramungu
Faustin Twagiramungu
Faustin Twagiramungu is an ethnic Hutu politician in Rwanda. He was prime minister from 1994 until his resignation in 1995, the first head of government appointed after the Rwandese Patriotic Front captured Kigali...

, Prime Minister
MDR Hutu
31 August 1995 to 8 March 2000 Pierre-Célestin Rwigema
Pierre-Célestin Rwigema
Pierre-Célestin Rwigema is a Rwandan politician. He was Prime Minister of Rwanda from 1995–2000 and Education Minister from 1994-1995. When he was sworn in as Prime Minister he pledged to reunite his then ethnically torn country. In 2001, he was accused of alleged involvement in the Rwandan...

, Prime Minister
MDR Hutu
8 March 2000 to 7 October 2011 Bernard Makuza
Bernard Makuza
Bernard Makuza is a Rwandan politician who was Prime Minister of Rwanda from 8 March 2000 to 6 October 2011. An ethnic Hutu, Makuza was a member of the Democratic Republican Movement before allegations were made that the party promoted genocide...

, Prime Minister
MDR/n-p Hutu
7 October 2011 to Present Pierre Habumuremyi
Pierre Habumuremyi
Pierre Damien Habumuremyi is a Rwandan politician who serves as the Prime Minister of Rwanda since 7 October 2011. He previously served as education minister.- References :...

, Prime Minister
n-p Hutu

Affiliations

  • Parmehutu - Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement
    Parmehutu
    Parmehutu , also known as MDR-Parmehutu is a now-defunct political party of Rwanda and Burundi.It was founded by Grégoire Kayibanda as a political party of moderate Hutu...

  • MRND - National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
  • MDR - Democratic Republican Movement
    Democratic Republican Movement
    The Democratic Republican Movement was a political party of Rwanda. It was founded in 1991, after the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development lost its monopoly on politics and opposition parties became legal. The MDR took its name from President Grégoire Kayibanda's political...

  • n-p - Non-party

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