Paul Kagame is President of the Republic of Rwanda. In 2018 he is also serving a one-year term as Chairperson of the African Union, and has been leading the institutional reform of the African Union since 2016.Beginning in 1990, as commander of the forces of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, he led the struggle to liberate Rwanda. The RPF halted the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, which claimed over a million victims. The hallmarks of President Kagame’s administration are peace and reconciliation, women’s empowerment, promotion of investment and entrepreneurship, and access to information technology, a cause he also champions as Co-Chair of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. He tweets at @PaulKagame.