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H.E. KALISA Mbanda,
Chairman, NEC

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Republikay’u Rwanda
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Bicameral
Presidential Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Sénat (Senate)
President Paul KAGAME
Chambre Des Deputes (Chamber of Deputies)
4. Head of government Designation 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Prime Minister Édouard NGIRENTE
nominated
5. Capital Regional governing council indirectly elects 12
Kigali members, President appoints 8 members, politi-
cal organizations appoint 4 members while Insti-
6. Currency tutions of higher learning select the remaining 2
Rwandan Franc (RWF) members in the Senat (Senate). Through closedlist
proportional representation system, 53 members
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) are elected in the Chambre Des Deputes (Chamber
Hutu 85%, Tutsi 14%, Twa 1% of Deputies)while 27 of its members are elected in-
directly by special interest groups.
8. Date of Independence
1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trust- 4. Popular House
eeship) Chambre Des Deputes

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 5. Type of Electoral System
Adopted by referendum on 26 May 2003 Closed-list proportional representation system

10. Language (s) PArt iii
French, English, Kinyarwanda
ELECtorAL sYstEM
11. Literacy Levels
Male: 77.56% Female: 69.39 % (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
Total: 73.22% (2018)
1. Name of the EMB(S)
National Electoral Commission-NEC

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