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Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

since the creation of the office in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day. The president of Rwanda is the

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and head of executive of the Republic of Rwanda. The president is elected every seven years by popular vote, and appoints the

prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

and all other members of Cabinet. A total of four people have served in the office. The incumbent president is

Paul Kagame Paul Kagame ( ; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the President of Rwanda since 2000. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded ...

, who took office on 22 April 2000, after being acting president for nearly a month.

Term limits

There was a two-term limit for the president in the

Constitution of Rwanda The Constitution of Rwanda was adopted by Rwandan constitutional referendum, 2003, referendum on May 26, 2003. It replaced the Constitution of 1991. The Constitution provides for a presidential system of government, with separation of powers be ...

. The constitutional referendum in 2015 allowed

third seven-year term, and ability to run for further two five-year terms thereafter.

Term limits

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Latest election

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