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1. **Paul Kagame** (President)

2. **Geography**: Rwanda is located in Central Africa, and has grasslands all the way to the surrounded hills. The neighboring countries of Rwanda are Tanzania, Uganda, Congo and Burundi. Rwanda is completely landlocked.


 * Economy:** The main thing that the economy can thrive off of is farming. Bananas, cassava, pulses, sorghum, and potatoes are used here while the primary cash crops of the region are coffee, tea, and pyrethrum.


 * Population**: 10,942,950 The population mainly consists of Tutsi and the Hutu tribes.


 * Social Structure:**The social classes are divided y the main ethnic groups. The top social class would be the Hutu tribe, which is about 85% of Rwanda. The middle class is the Tutsi which is about 15% of the population of Rwanda. The last and bottom group is the Twa which only is about 1% of the country. Anybody who owns cattle are usually considered wealthy, therefore, mostly the Hutu people have all the cattle and they do most of the farming.

3. **Previous Occupations:** - Senior Military Officer - Vice President - Minister for Defense in the Government of National Unity - Chairman of Rwandan Patriotic Front

4. Hailemariam Desalegn - Ethiopia - Rwanda and Ethiopia have been on good terms for years and Paul visited this new leader to welcome him and help stabilize the peace between Ethiopia and Rwanda.

Yoweri Museveni - Uganda - Without Paul, Yoweri would probably never have risen to power in Uganda. This happened before Paul was President of Rwanda so this little allience helped Rwanda when it was stabilizing.

Sylvestre Ntibantunganya - Burundi - During the Rwandan Genocide, Burundi was having he same thing happen in their country so these two countries had to stick together against the people killing everyone. Sylvestre was the president during part of the Rwandan genocide, which Paul helped end.

5. **Safety and Rule of Law:** 30th
 * Participation and Human Rights:** 30th
 * Sustainable Economic Opportunity:** 13th
 * Human Development:** 17th

Sources:

"High Commission Events and News." //Home//. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .

LONGMAN, TIMOTHY. "Rwanda." //Countries and Their Cultures//. Ed. Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember. Vol. 3. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. 1872-1883. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 4 Oct. 2012.

"Paul Kagame." //Paul Kagame//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. .

"Rwanda/Burundi: InterAction Statement, 08/04/'95." //Rwanda/Burundi: InterAction Statement, 08/04/'95//. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. .

"Rwanda Geography." //Rwanda//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Oct. 2012. . *