Events in the year 2018 in
Rwanda
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Incumbents
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President
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Paul Kagame
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Prime Minister
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Édouard Ngirente
Édouard Ngirente (born 22 February 1973) is a Rwandan economist and politician. He serves as the Prime Minister of Rwanda, since 30 August 2017, having been appointed by the List of Presidents of Rwanda, President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame.
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Events
*March onwards –
Flooding
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in Rwanda's hill country caused major landslides that killed more than 200 people.
Deaths
*25 January –
Patrick Mazimhaka, politician (b. 1948).
*11 March –
Jean Damascène Bimenyimana, Roman Catholic Bishop (b. 1953)
References
{{Year in Africa , 2018
2010s in Rwanda
Years of the 21st century in Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...