Editing Politics of Rwanda (section)

== Current Presidential Overview ==
The current President of Rwanda is Paul Kagame, born in 1957. He is the 6th President of Rwanda<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = Profile: Rwanda's President Paul Kagame - BBC News|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/10479882|website = BBC News|access-date = 12 November 2015|language = en-GB}}</ref> and was elected in 2003. In 2007, the former president, Pasteur Bizimungu, was released from prison on a presidential pardon. Kagame was reelected in 2010, receiving 93.1 percent of the votes cast.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Rwanda: Constitution and politics {{!}} The Commonwealth|url = http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/rwanda/constitution-politics|website = thecommonwealth.org|access-date = 12 November 2015|archive-date = 7 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151207041503/http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/rwanda/constitution-politics}}</ref> Since taking office, Kagame has raised business, reduced crime and corruption, and has attracted the likes of many foreign investors.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title = King Paul|url = https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21647365-successful-man-no-successor-king-paul?zid=309&ah=80dcf288b8561b012f603b9fd9577f0e|newspaper = The Economist|access-date = 2015-11-12|issn = 0013-0613}}</ref>

Kagame has not groomed anyone to be his successor, so there is nothing that points to who his successor could or should be.<ref name=":1" />

President Paul Kagame and his Rwandan Patriotic Front are the dominant political forces in Rwanda. There is only one registered opposition party and many political opponents have fled into exile.<ref>{{Cite web|title=20 Years After Genocide, Rwanda Prospers but Political Freedom Remains Elusive|url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/20-years-after-genocide-rwanda-prospers-political-freedom-remains-elusive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616213759/https://www.voanews.com/africa/20-years-after-genocide-rwanda-prospers-political-freedom-remains-elusive|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2021|access-date=28 September 2020|website=VOA}}</ref>

President Kagame received military training in Uganda, Tanzania and the United States.<ref name=":3" /> He was a founding member of current Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's rebel army in 1979 and headed its intelligence wing, helping Mr Museveni take power in 1986.<ref name=":3" />