Requirements of a candidate for the office of President of the Republic

A candidate for the office of the President of the Republic must: (a) be of Rwandan nationality by origin; (b) not hold any other nationality; (c) be irreproachable in his or her conduct and social relations; (d) not have been definitively sentenced to an imprisonment of six months or more; (e) not have been deprived of civil and political rights by a Court decision; (f) be at least 35 years old at the time of his or her candidacy; (g) reside in Rwanda at the time of submitting his or her candidacy.