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Following Bizimungu's resignation, the Supreme Court ruled that Kagame should become acting president until a permanent successor was chosen. [150] Kagame had been de facto leader since 1994, but focused more on military, foreign affairs and the country's security than day-to-day governance.
The president is elected every seven years by popular vote, [3] and appoints the prime minister and all other members of Cabinet. [4] 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.
Paul Kagame in 2024. The inauguration of Paul Kagame as the president of Rwanda took place on August 11, 2024, at Amahoro National Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda.This marked the beginning of Kagame's new term of a five-year term following his overwhelming victory in the 2024 presidential election [1] where he received 99.18% of the vote.
KIGALI (Reuters) -Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was sworn into office on Sunday for a five-year term, after a landslide win in last month's election extended his near quarter century in office ...
KIGALI (Reuters) -Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has been re-elected with 99.18% of the vote, the National Electoral Commission said on Thursday, extending his near quarter-century in office. The ...
Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) was elected to a seven-year term with 95% of the vote. [2] The results were disputed by Faustin Twagiramungu, the main opposition candidate, who argued that "People were controlled, people were forced to vote. It’s not possible that we in the opposition got only 3.7% of the vote.
Bizimungu resigned in March 2000 in a dispute over the make-up of a new cabinet, and Kagame became president. [4] Weeks before Bizimungu resigned, his adviser, Assiel Kabera, was killed outside his home by men in military uniforms. It has been alleged that Kabera, a genocide survivor, was killed on the orders of Paul Kagame. [5]
This exodus became known as the Great Lakes refugee crisis. [39] After the Tutsi RPF took control of the government, in 1994, Kagame formed a government of national unity headed by a Hutu president, Pasteur Bizimungu. Kagame became Minister of Defence and Vice-President of Rwanda and was the de facto leader of the country. [40]