LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Rwanda

120 recorded engagements by Rwanda's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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120Engagements
111Visits
0Phone calls
9Video conferences
5Signed agreements
38Destination countries
9Officials recorded
94Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Rwanda's leaders recorded 120 engagements: 111 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 9 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2023, with 13 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (24 engagements), followed by Tanzania and Ethiopia. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 92% of engagements. 5 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 94 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Paul Kagame (President), with 99 engagements between 2000 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Rwanda, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 1 engagement1991: 0 engagements1992: 0 engagements1993: 1 engagement1994: 1 engagement1995: 1 engagement1996: 2 engagements1997: 1 engagement1998: 2 engagements1999: 1 engagement2000: 4 engagements2001: 0 engagements2002: 0 engagements2003: 0 engagements2004: 0 engagements2005: 1 engagement2006: 3 engagements2007: 2 engagements2008: 2 engagements2009: 2 engagements2010: 2 engagements2011: 2 engagements2012: 4 engagements2013: 5 engagements2014: 5 engagements2015: 2 engagements2016: 3 engagements2017: 4 engagements2018: 8 engagements2019: 8 engagements2020: 4 engagements2021: 9 engagements2022: 9 engagements2023: 13 engagements2024: 8 engagements2025: 10 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America24
  • Tanzania17
  • Ethiopia8
  • Switzerland7
  • China5
  • Belgium5
  • Kenya4
  • Germany4
  • France3
  • Uganda3
  • United Arab Emirates3
  • Qatar3

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations111
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs76
  • Trade and Economic Relations58
  • International Conflicts and Crises32
  • Security and Defense15
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation8
  • Development and Aid7
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues3
  • Human Rights and Governance2
  • Peace and Security2
  • Energy2
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Rwanda country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/rwanda.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Rwanda's own officials.