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]

Members of Cabinet

Office	Ministry	Incumbent	Date of entry into office
President		Paul Kagame	March 2000
Prime Minister	OPM	Anastase Murekezi[2]	July 2014
Minister of Local Government	Minaloc	Francis Kaboneka[3]	July 2014
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources	Minagri	Gérardine Mukeshimana[3]	July 2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	Minaffet	Louise Mushikiwabo[2]	2010
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning	Minecofin	Claver Gatete[2]
Minister of Defence	MOD	James Kabarebe[2]	April 2010[4]
Minister of Justice and Attorney-General	Minijust	Johnston Busingye[2]
Minister of Health	MOH	Diane Gashumba[3]	2016
Minister in the Office of the President	Minipresirep	Vénantie Tugireyezu[3]
Minister of Cabinet Affairs	Minicaaf	Stella Ford Mugabo[2]
Minister of Trade, Industry and East African Community Affairs	Mineacom	François Kanimba[2]	May 2010[5]
Minister of Education	Mineduc	Papias Malimba Musafiri[2]	June 2015
Minister of Infrastructure	Minifra	James Musoni[3]
Minister of Natural Resources	Minirena	Vincent Biruta[3]	July 2014
Minister of Sports and Culture	Minispoc	Julienne Uwacu[3]	February 2015
Minister of Youth and ICT	MYICT	Jean-Philbert Nsengimana[3]
Minister of Public Service and Labour	Mifotra	Judith Uwizeye[3]	July 2014
Minister of Gender and Family Promotion	Migeprof	Espérance Nyirasafari[2]	2016
Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs	Midimar	Séraphine Mukantabana[2]	February 2013[6]
Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Development Board	RDB	Francis Gatare[3]	July 2014
Permanent Representative to the United Nations	Minaffet	Valentine Rugwabiza	2016

Ministers of State

Office	Incumbent	Date of entry into office
Minister of State for Agriculture (Minagri)	Fulgence Nsengiyumva[2]	2016
Minister of State for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Mineduc)	Olivier Rwamukwaya[2]	2016
Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education (Mineduc)	Isaac Munyakazi[2]	2016
Minister of State for Community Development and Social Affairs (Minaloc)	Alvera Mukabaramba[2]
Minister of State for Socio-Economic Development (Minaloc)	Vincent Munyeshyaka	2016
Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs (Minijust)	Evode Uwizeyimana	2016
Minister of State for Energy and Water (Mininfra)	Germaine Kamayirese[2]
Minister of State for Transport (Mininfra)	Alexis Nzahabwanimana[2]
Minister of State for Public Health and Primary Healthcare (MOH)	Patrick Ndimubanzi[2]
Minister of State for Economic Planning (Minecofin)	Uzziel Ndagijimana[2]

References

1. "Constitution of Rwanda" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
2. "Cabinet". Government of Rwanda Website. Government of Rwanda. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
3. "Cabinet Members". Prime Minister's Office Website. Prime Minister's Office of Rwanda. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
4. "The Minister". Ministry of Defence Website. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
5. "Minister's Biography". MINICOM website. MINICOM. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
6. "About Minister". Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs Website. Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs. Retrieved 14 March 2014.