Quick facts: President Paul Kagame

1. Name: Paul Kagame


2. Date of Birth: October 1957 (51 years)


3. He was born in Gitarama Prefecture, Central Rwanda to Deogratius and Asteria Rutagambwa.


4. He fled persecution and killing in Rwanda and became a refugee in Uganda in 1960.


5. Paul Kagame was among the first 27 men who together with Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched a five-year liberation war in Uganda in 1980.


6. He served as a senior officer in the Ugandan army between 1986 and 1990.


7. He attended a staff and command course at Fort Lavenworth, Kansas USA in 1990.


8. In October 1990, Paul Kagame returned to Rwanda after thirty years in exile to lead the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) in the struggle for the liberation of Rwanda.


9. On 19th July 1994, Paul Kagame was appointed Vice-President and Minister for Defence in the Government of National Unity.


10. In 1998, Paul Kagame was elected Chairman of the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), a partner in the Government of National Unity.


11. On April 17th, 2000, Paul Kagame was unanimously elected President of the Republic of Rwanda by the Transitional National Assembly. He took the Oath of Office on April 22nd, 2000.

(Source: Planet rulers.com)