Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda since 2000
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| January 26 2025 | The DRC severs diplomatic ties with Rwanda due to Rwanda's support for M23 rebels in the Goma offensive. |
| 2024 | Kagame participates in his fourth presidential election since ascending to power. |
| June 20 2024 | Will receive the Medal of Amílcar Cabral from Guinea-Bissau |
| June 20 2024 | Kagame declares to France 24 that Rwanda is 'ready to fight' against the DRC if necessary. |
| 2022 | Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of La Pléiade from La Francophonie |
| April 2022 | Rwanda became one of the few African countries to have fully vaccinated over 60% of its population against COVID-19. |
| January 31 2022 | The Rwanda–Uganda border was reopened after years of tension. |
| 2020 | Rwanda's per-capita gross domestic product (purchasing power parity) increased to $2,214, demonstrating significant economic growth under Kagame's leadership. |
| December 2020 | Announced Vision 2050 upon completion of Vision 2020, setting new goals for Rwanda to become an upper-middle income country by 2035 and a high-income country by 2050. |
| 2019 | Received two significant regional honors: Grand Cross of the Order of Burkina Faso and Grand Cross of the Order of Reconnaissance of Central African Republic. |
| 2019 | Awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of Burkina Faso |
| 2019 | Kagame, as AU chairman, unsuccessfully calls for an investigation into the DRC presidential election won by Félix Tshisekedi, but subsequently develops a close relationship with him. |
| 2019 | Conflict arose between Kagame and Museveni over trade and regional politics, with Kagame accusing Uganda of supporting the FDLR and harassing Rwandan nationals. |
| 2019 | Received the Grand Cross of the Order of Reconnaissance of Central African Republic |
| February 2019 | By the end of his AU chairmanship, Kagame had successfully guided 19 of the 22 required nations to ratify the Continental Free Trade Area. |
| February 10 2019 | Paul Kagame concludes his term as Chairperson of the African Union, having made significant progress in trade integration and AU structural reforms. |
| 2018 | Received the Grand Cross of the National Order of the Ivory Coast |
| March 21 2018 | The proposed Continental Free Trade Area is signed by 44 of the 55 African Union nations during Kagame's chairmanship. |
| January 28 2018 | Paul Kagame begins his term as Chairperson of the African Union, taking office and initiating key continental initiatives. |
| December 2017 | A South African court found evidence that the Rwandan government was continuing to plot assassinations of its overseas critics. |
| August 2017 | A presidential election was held, with Kagame facing two opposition candidates after a three-week campaign concluding with a rally in Gasabo District. |
| August 18 2017 | Kagame was sworn in for a third seven-year term after winning the election with his highest percentage of votes to date. |
| July 2017 | Kagame began his re-election campaign with a rally in Ruhango in mid-July. |
| June 2017 | Paul Kagame was endorsed as the RPF's candidate for the presidential election in mid-June. |
| 2016 | Received multiple international honors: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit from Guinea and the Collar of the Order of Muhammad from Morocco. |
| 2016 | Received the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit from Guinea |
| 2016 | Received the Collar of the Order of Muhammad from Morocco |
| 2016 | Relations between Rwanda and DRC improve after Kagame holds a bilateral meeting with Kabila in Gisenyi. |
| 2016 | Awarded the Second Class of the Order of the Republic of Serbia |
| 2016 | Received multiple international honours: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit from Guinea, Collar of the Order of Muhammad from Morocco, and Second Class of the Order of the Republic of Serbia from Serbia. |
| 2015 | A former Rwandan military officer testified before the U.S. Congress that the Rwandan government offered $1 million to assassinate political critics Patrick Karegeya and General Kayumba Nyamwasa. |
| December 18 2015 | A national referendum was held in Rwanda, with 6.16 million voters approving the constitutional amendment to extend Kagame's potential presidential terms. The electoral commission declared the vote peaceful and orderly. |
| December 17 2015 | Rwandans overseas voted in a referendum to approve the constitutional amendment. |
| November 2015 | Rwanda's parliament unanimously passed a constitutional amendment allowing Kagame to potentially run for a third 7-year term followed by two additional 5-year terms. |
| 2014 | Kagame spoke at Tufts University in the United States, suggesting uncertainty about when he would leave office and stating it was up to the Rwandan people to decide. |
| December 31 2013 | Patrick Karegeya, a former Rwandan intelligence chief and critic of Kagame, was murdered in South Africa. Kagame publicly stated that 'whoever betrays the country will pay the price'. |
| April 2013 | Rwanda took over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council. |
| 2012 | The United States froze part of its military aid programme to Rwanda, though did not completely suspend aid. |
| 2012 | Rebellion by the March 23 Movement (M23) begins under leader Bosco Ntaganda, with a UN report linking Kagame's defense minister James Kabarebe to the group. |
| 2012 | The United Kingdom suspended its budgetary aid programme to Rwanda, freezing a £21 million donation due to allegations of Rwanda supporting the M23 rebel movement in Eastern Congo. |
| 2012 | Rwanda ranked 52nd out of 185 countries worldwide and third in Sub-Saharan Africa on the Ease of Doing Business Index. The country was eighth globally for ease of starting a business. |
| 2012 | Rwanda successfully applied for a rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council. |
| 2012 | MINECOFIN's review found that 26% of Vision 2020's original indicators had been achieved, and revised the GDP per capita target from $900 to $1,240. |
| 2012 | Became Grand Master of the Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa from Uganda |
| 2012 | Kagame launches the Agaciro Development Fund, a solidarity fund aimed at providing development finance sourced within Rwanda and supplementing overseas aid. |
| 2012 | Implemented free education for the final three years of secondary school, fulfilling the 2010 campaign pledge. |
| 2011 | Kagame reciprocated with an official visit to Paris. |
| 2011 | National dialogue session proposes the creation of the Agaciro Development Fund to support Rwanda's self-sufficiency goals. |
| 2011 | The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) issued a comprehensive report examining the progress of Vision 2020 goals, categorizing them as 'on-track', 'on-watch', or 'off-track'. |
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