Politics of Rwanda

Politics of Rwanda

Politique en Rwanda (French)
Siasa ya Rwanda (Swahili)
Polity typeDe facto: one-party state
Nominally unitary dominant-party semi-presidential constitutional republic
ConstitutionConstitution of Rwanda
Legislative branch
NameParliament
TypeBicameral
Upper house
NameSenate
Presiding officerAugustin Iyamuremye, Speaker of the Senate
Lower house
NameChamber of Deputies
Presiding officerDonatille Mukabalisa, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
Executive branch
Head of State
TitlePresident of Rwanda
CurrentlyPaul Kagame
AppointerDirect popular vote
Head of Government
TitlePrime Minister
CurrentlyÉdouard Ngirente
AppointerPresident
Cabinet
NameCabinet of Rwanda
Current cabinetKagame government
LeaderPresident
Deputy leaderPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Judicial branch
Supreme Court of Rwanda
Chief judgeFaustin Ntezilyayo

Rwanda is a de facto one-party state[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] ruled by the Rwandan Patriotic Front and its leader Paul Kagame since the end of the 1994 genocide against members of the Tutsi ethnic group.[8][9][10] Although Rwanda is nominally democratic, elections are manipulated in various ways, which include banning opposition parties, arresting or assassinating critics, and electoral fraud.[11]

Rwandan law developed from Belgian and German civil law systems[12] and customary law takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the President of Rwanda is the head of state with significant executive power, with the Prime Minister of Rwanda being the constitutional head of government.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. On 5 May 1995, the Transitional National Assembly adopted a new constitution which included elements of the constitution of 18 June 1991 as well as provisions of the 1993 Arusha peace accord and the November 1994 multiparty protocol of understanding.

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  11. ^ Waldorf, Lars (2017). "The Apotheosis of a Warlord: Paul Kagame". In Themnér, Anders (ed.). Warlord Democrats in Africa: Ex-Military Leaders and Electoral Politics (PDF). Bloomsbury Academic / Nordic Africa Institute. ISBN 978-1-78360-248-3.
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