_#_Executive branch: president, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral National Development Council (Conseil National de Developpement)
_#_Judicial branch: Constitutional Court (consists of the Court of Cassation and the Council of State in joint session)
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State and Head of Government—President Maj. Gen.
Juvenal HABYARIMANA (since 5 July 1973)
_#_Political parties and leaders: only party—National Revolutionary Movement for Development (MRND), Maj. Gen. Juvenal HABYARIMANA; note—the MRND is officially a development movement, not a party
_#_Suffrage: universal adult, exact age NA
_#_Elections:
President—last held 19 December 1988 (next to be held December 1993); results—President Maj. Gen. Juvenal HABYARIMANA reelected;
National Development Council—last held 19 December 1988 (next to be held December 1993); results—MRND is the only party; seats—(70 total); MRND 70