Cabinet of Rwanda

The Cabinet of Rwanda consists of the Prime Minister, Ministers, Ministers of State and other members nominated by the President. Members of Cabinet are selected from political organisations based on the number of seats they hold in the Chamber of Deputies, but members of Cabinet cannot themselves belong to the Chamber.^[1]

Gender balance

The cabinet in 2018 is 50% women making Rwanda, with Ethiopia, the only two African countries with gender equality in their governments. President Paul Kagame reduced the number of cabinet members from 31 to 26 in October 2018.^[2]

Members of Cabinet

Office	Ministry	Incumbent	Date of entry into office
President	Office of the President of Rwanda	Paul Kagame	March 2000
Prime Minister	Prime Minister's Office	Dr. Édouard Ngirente[3]	August 2017
Minister of Local Government	Minaloc	Musabyimana Jean Claude[4]	November 2022[5]
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources	Minagri	Ildephonse Musafiri[3]	March 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation	Minaffet	Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe	June 2024
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning	Minecofin	Yussuf Murangwa	April 2018
Minister of Defence	MOD	Juvenal Marizamunda	June 2023
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General	Minijust	Dr Emmanuel Ugirashebuja[6]	March 2022
Minister of Health	MOH	Dr Sabin Nsanzimana[7]	February 2020
Minister in the Office of the President	Minipresirep	Judith Uwizeye[3]	August 2017
Minister of Cabinet Affairs	Minicaaf	Inès Mpambara[8]	February 2020
Minister of Trade and Industry	Minicom	Béata U. Habyarimana[4]	October 2018
Minister of Education	Mineduc	[Gaspard Twagirayezu][8]	August 2023
Minister of Infrastructure	Mininfra	Jimmy Gasore	September 2023 [9]
Minister for Environment	MoE	Valentine Uwamariya	August 2017
Minister of Sports	Minisports	Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju	November 2019[10]
Minister of ICT & Innovation	Minict	Paula Ingabire[4]	October 2018
Minister of Youth and Arts	Miniyouth	Dr. Utumatwishima Jean Nepo Abdallah[3]	August 2017
Minister of Public Service and Labour	Mifotra	Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa[3]	August 2017
Minister of Gender and Family Promotion	Migeprof	Jeannette Bayisenge[8]	February 2020
Minister of Emergency Management	Minema	Marie-Solange Kayisire[8]	February 2020
Minister of Interior	Mininter	Alfred Gasana[8]	December 2021
Ministry of National Unity & Civic Engagement	MINUBUMWE	Dr. Jean-Damascène Bizimana	July 2021
Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Development Board	RDB	Clare Akamanzi[3]	February 2017[11]

Ministers of State

Office	Incumbent	Date of entry into office
Minister of State for Agriculture (Minagri)	Fulgence Nsengiyumva[3]	2016
Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth and Culture (MYCULTURE)	Edouard Bpambe[3]	November 5, 2019
Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education (Mineduc)	Gaspard Twagirayezu[8]	February 2020
Minister of State for Local Government Responsible for Social Affairs (Minaloc)	Ignancienne Nyirarukundo[3]	November 5, 2019
Minister of State for Justice Responsible for Constitutional Affairs (Minijust)	Solamena Nyirahabimana[8]	February 2020
Minister of State for Infrastructure responsible for Energy and Water (Mininfra)	Patricie Uwase[3]	February 2022
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and EAC affairs (Minaffet)	James Kabarebe[12]	Sept 2023
Minister of State for Infrastructure in charge of Transportation (Mininfra)	Patricie uwase[3]	February 2022
Minister of State for Health in charge of Public Health and Primary Healthcare (MOH)	Dr. Yvan Butera[8]	January 2022
Minister of State for Finance in charge of Economic Planning (Minecofin)	Claudine Uwera[4]	24 July 2014
Minister of State for Finance in charge of National Treasury (Minecofin)	Richard Tusabe[8]	February 2020
Minister of State for Education responsible for ICT & TVET (Mineduc)	[[]][8]	February 2020

References

1. "Constitution of Rwanda" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
2. "Rwanda Names 50 Percent Female Cabinet, Following Ethiopia". The New York Times. New York City. The Associated Press. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
3. Kimenyi, Felly (31 August 2017). "Rwanda gets new Cabinet, who is in?". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
4. Jean de la Croix Tabaro (18 October 2018). "Rwanda Gets New 50-50 Gender Cabinet, Fewer Ministers". Kigali: KTPress. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
5. Minaloc (24 July 2014). "Minaloc Gets A New Minister, Honorable Francis Kaboneka". Kigali: Rwanda Ministry of Local Government (Minaloc). Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
6. Eduin Asiimwe (17 September 2021). "Rwanda gets new justice Minister". The New Times. Kigali. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
7. "Ministry of Health". 22 January 2023.
8. Ivan R. Mugisha (27 February 2020). "Kagame names new ministers in major reshuffle". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
9. Muhire, Jean Felix (12 September 2023). "Dr. Jimmy Gasore Appointed New Minister of Infrastructure". Kigali: KTPress Rwanda. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
10. Ivan R. Mugisha (5 November 2019). "Kagame Reshuffles Cabinet, Army". Rwanda Today. Kigali. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
11. Aine, Kim (14 February 2017). "Clare Akamanzi Named Rwanda Development Board". Kampala: Chimpreports Uganda. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
12. Moses Kyeyune (17 September 2023). "Impinduka muri Guverinoma: Gen (Rtd) James Kabarebe yahawe inshingano nshya". Kigali Today. Kampala. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

External links

• Out goes the Old Guard: New faces and experience in Kagame’s government As of 20 October 2018.