Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame (born 1957) is the president of Rwanda. He was a guerilla fighter in the National Resistance Army, then the RPF. He became vice-president of the new regime in 1994, under Pasteur Bizimungu, but was widely seen as power behind the throne. He officially became president in 2000 after Bizimungu resigned, and then won elections in 2003.