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Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Topics	PEPMilitaryPolitician				5 sources
7 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration PEP5 sources UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairsinferredunprot-6417b7f80589b…2026-08-26 WikidatainferredQ12313452023-07-18 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesinferredQ12313452024-09-04 US CIA World Leadersinferredus-cia-rwanda-paul-k…2023-08-16 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsinferredQ12313452023-04-20 Military1 source WikidatainferredrawQ189290Q12313452023-07-18 Politician1 source WikidatainferredrawQ82955Q12313452026-03-16
Name	Paul Kagame · Pol Kaqame · Pols Kagame · Πολ Καγκάμε · Пол Кагаме · 19 more…				5 sources
28 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration Paul Kagameeng4 sources UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairsunprot-6417b7f80589b…2026-08-26 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ12313452024-09-04 WikidataQ12313452023-07-18 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ12313452026-01-15 Paul KAGAMEeng1 source US CIA World Leadersus-cia-rwanda-paul-k…2023-08-16 Pol Kaqameaze1 source WikidataQ12313452024-07-26 Pols Kagamelav1 source WikidataQ12313452024-01-31
Alias	Jego Ekscelencja Paul Kagame · Kagame, Paul · Paul Kagamé · Polis Kagamė · Szanowny Paul Kagame · 6 more…				1 source
11 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Jego Ekscelencja Paul Kagameeng1 source WikidataQ12313452023-09-06 Kagame, Paulswe1 source WikidataQ12313452023-07-18 Paul Kagamé1 source WikidataQ12313452026-09-02 Polis Kagamėlit1 source WikidataQ12313452023-07-18
Weak alias	Kagame · Кагаме · 安哲·卡加梅				1 source
4 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Kagamelavspa1 source WikidataQ12313452026-01-06 WikidataQ12313452025-01-25 Кагамеrus1 source WikidataQ12313452025-01-25 安哲·卡加梅zho1 source WikidataQ12313452025-04-03
Birth date	1957-10-23				3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration 1957-10-233 sources Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ12313452025-12-09 Wikidataraw+1957-10-23T00:00:00ZQ12313452025-12-11 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ12313452024-10-11
Place of birth	Ruhango				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Ruhangoeng1 source WikidatarawQ12884189Q12313452023-07-18
Gender	male				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration male1 source WikidatarawQ6581097Q12313452023-07-18
Nationality	not available
Citizenship	Rwanda				5 sources
5 statements · 5 datasets · sorted by corroboration Rwanda5 sources Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesrawQ1037Q12313452024-09-28 WikidatarawQ1037Q12313452024-11-19 UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign AffairsrawRwandaunprot-6417b7f80589b…2026-08-26 Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsrawQ1037Q12313452026-01-15 US CIA World LeadersrawRwandaus-cia-rwanda-paul-k…2025-10-19
Classification	National government (current)				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration National government (current)1 source PEP position annotations by OpenSanctionsinferredQ12313452025-07-01
First name	Paul				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Pauleng1 source WikidatarawQ4925623Q12313452023-07-18
Last name	Kagame				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Kagameeng1 source WikidatarawQ6346330Q12313452023-07-18
Political association	Rwandan Patriotic Front				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Rwandan Patriotic Fronteng1 source WikidatarawQ690240Q12313452025-12-20
Title	His Excellency				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration His Excellency1 source UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairsunprot-6417b7f80589b…2026-08-26
Website	paulkagame.com				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration http://paulkagame.com/1 source Wikidatarawhttp://paulkagame.comQ12313452023-07-18
Wikidata ID	Q1231345				3 sources
3 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration Q12313453 sources Wikidata Politically Exposed PersonsQ12313452026-01-15 Wikidata Persons in Relevant CategoriesQ12313452024-09-04 WikidataQ12313452023-07-18
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kagame1 source WikidataenwikirawPaul KagameQ12313452026-04-13
Position	Chairperson of the African Union (2018-2019) · Minister of Defence (1994-2000) · President · President of Rwanda (2000-) · President of the Republic of Rwanda · 1 more…				3 sources
6 statements · 3 datasets · sorted by corroboration Chairperson of the African Union (2018-2019)eng1 source WikidatarawQ946339Q12313452025-12-11 Minister of Defence (1994-2000)eng1 source WikidatarawQ98208489Q12313452025-12-11 Presidenteng1 source US CIA World Leadersus-cia-rwanda-paul-k…2023-08-16 President of Rwanda (2000-)eng1 source WikidatarawQ19057726Q12313452025-12-11
Education	Makerere University · United States Army Command and General Staff College				1 source
2 statements · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Makerere Universityeng1 source WikidatarawQ261506Q12313452023-07-18 United States Army Command and General Staff Collegeeng1 source WikidatarawQ1115050Q12313452023-07-18
Religion	Catholic Church				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration Catholic Churcheng1 source WikidatarawQ9592Q12313452023-07-18
Source link	www.cia.gov				1 source
1 statement · 1 dataset · sorted by corroboration https://www.cia.gov/resources/world-leaders/foreign-governments/rwanda1 source US CIA World Leadersus-cia-rwanda-paul-k…2023-08-16
Last change	2026-09-03	Last processed	2026-09-03	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Rwanda since 2000 (born 1957)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-09-03

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Jeannette Kagame Close Associate	spouse	1989-06-10	-	Details
Brian Kagame Close Associate	child	-	-	Details
Ange Kagame Close Associate	child	-	-	Details
Ian Kagame Close Associate	child	-	-	Details

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,011

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons366,214

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,092

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories182,523

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata417,510

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions583,536

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-6417b7f80589b549845ff723e742d41a3c7fbdad · us-cia-rwanda-paul-kagame-president · unprot-f3754439483ca7ecb10122aec70fb727bcb910c6 · unprot-13508fdc2b968eb8be5a440e5b9bba9e44680db5 · unprot-22a2acd4dff92a9ffcaad15a0baf1b98fe03770d

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