Paul Kagame

==Marriage and children==
[[File:JeannetteKagame.jpg|thumb|[[Jeannette Kagame]], Paul Kagame's wife|alt=Jeannette Kagame shown sitting at a desk at a public event, wearing a green jacket]]
On 10 June 1989 in Uganda, Kagame married [[Jeannette Nyiramongi]], a Tutsi exile living in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.{{sfn|Kinzer|2008|pp=59–62}} Kagame had asked his relatives to suggest a suitable marriage and they recommended Nyiramongi. Kagame travelled to Nairobi and introduced himself, persuading her to visit him in Uganda. Nyiramongi was familiar with the RPF and its goal of returning refugees to Rwanda. She held Kagame in high regard.{{sfn|Kinzer|2008|pp=59–62}} The couple have four children.{{sfn|Namanya|2009}}

Kagame's daughter, Ange Kagame Ndengeyingoma, completed her education abroad and was absent from the public eye for most of her childhood due to security and privacy reasons.<ref name=WomenHallComesofAge>{{cite web|title=Ange Kagame Comes of Age|url=http://womenhall.com/index.php/2011/05/ange-kagame-age|website=Women Hall|access-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615040141/http://www.womenhall.com/index.php/2011/05/ange-kagame-age/|archive-date=15 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She attended [[Dana Hall School]], a private preparatory school located in [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]] in the United States. She attended [[Smith College]] where she majored in political science with a minor in African studies. She also holds a master's degree in international affairs from [[Columbia University]].{{Citation-needed|date=March 2022}} Kagame can speak three languages, [[English language|English]], [[Kinyarwanda]], and [[French language|French]].<ref name=IgiheMuKiganiro>{{cite news|last1=Shaba|first1=Erick|title=Mu kiganiro kirambuye, Ange Kagame yahishuye byinshi mu buzima bwe bwite|url=http://igihe.com/amakuru/u-rwanda/article/mu-kiganiro-kirambuye-ange-kagame|access-date=19 January 2015|publisher=Igihe|date=8 October 2014|language=Kinyarwanda}}</ref>