LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Rwanda

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

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607Engagements
598Visits
0Phone calls
9Video conferences
45Signed agreements
94Destination countries
9Officials recorded
330Multilateral summits

LEAD records 45 signed agreements for Rwanda; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Rwanda's leaders recorded 607 engagements: 598 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 9 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2019, with 49 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (69 engagements), followed by Tanzania and United Kingdom. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 99% of engagements. 45 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 330 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Paul Kagame (President), with 543 engagements between 2000 and 2025.

Activity by year

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

1990: 6 engagements1991: 3 engagements1992: 4 engagements1993: 1 engagement1994: 6 engagements1995: 2 engagements1996: 5 engagements1997: 4 engagements1998: 9 engagements1999: 11 engagements2000: 17 engagements2001: 16 engagements2002: 19 engagements2003: 10 engagements2004: 20 engagements2005: 10 engagements2006: 15 engagements2007: 16 engagements2008: 19 engagements2009: 19 engagements2010: 13 engagements2011: 13 engagements2012: 22 engagements2013: 25 engagements2014: 23 engagements2015: 19 engagements2016: 24 engagements2017: 28 engagements2018: 34 engagements2019: 49 engagements2020: 7 engagements2021: 19 engagements2022: 37 engagements2023: 31 engagements2024: 27 engagements2025: 24 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America69
  • Tanzania40
  • United Kingdom32
  • Ethiopia32
  • Kenya29
  • Uganda28
  • South Africa21
  • France20
  • Switzerland18
  • Germany15
  • Belgium14
  • United Arab Emirates14

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations598
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs313
  • Trade and Economic Relations142
  • 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.22976211 [Rwanda country profile. Accessed 22 October 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 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Rwanda's own officials.