Paul Kagame
Celebrity
President of Rwanda
Popularity
42,300
- Birthday
- October 23, 1957
- Age
- 68
- Birthplace
- Ruhango
- Spouse
- Jeannette Kagame
- @paulkagame
About
Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the president of Rwanda since 2000. He was previously considered Rwanda’s de facto leader between 1994 and 2000, while Vice President and Minister of Defence under President Pasteur Bizimungu, until assuming the Presidency in 2000. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded Rwanda in 1990. The RPF was one of the main belligerents of the Rwandan Civil War and was the armed force which ended the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Awards & Recognition
Order of the Pioneers of Liberia
Order of the Republic of Serbia
Ribbon bar of the Kagera River Medal
Grand Cross of the National Order of Benin
Born On This Day
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