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		Anastase Murekezi[2]	July 2014
Minister of Local Government	MINALOC	Francis Kaboneka[3]	July 2014
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources	MINAGRI	Geraldine Mukeshimana[3]	July 2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation	MINAFFET	Louise Mushikiwabo[2]
Minister of Internal Security	MININTER	Sheik Mussa Harerimana	March 2006[4]
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning	MINECOFIN	Claver Gatete[2]
Minister of Defence	MINADEF	James Kabarebe[2]	April 2010[5]
Minister of Justice and Attorney General	MINIJUST	Johnston Busingye[2]
Minister of Health	MINISANTE	Agnes Binagwaho[3]
Minister in the Office of the President	MINIPRESIREP	Venantia Tugireyezu[3]
Minister of Cabinet Affairs	MINICAAF	Stella Ford Mugabo[2]
Minister of Trade and Industry	MINICOM	François Kanimba[2]	May 2010[6]
Minister of Education	MINEDUC	Silas Lwakabamba[3]
Minister of Infrastructure	MININFRA	James Musoni[3]
Minister of Land, Forests, Environment and Mining	MINIRENA	Vincent Biruta[3]	July 2014
Minister of Sports and Culture		Julienne Uwacu[3]	February 2015
Minister of Youth and ICT		Jean Philbert Nsengimana[3]
Minister of Public Service and Labour	MIFOTRA	Judith Uwizeye[3]	July 2014
Minister of Gender and Family Promotion	MIGEPROF	Oda Gasinzigwa[2]
Minister of East African Community	MINEAC	Valentine Rugwabiza[2]	July 2014
Minister of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs	MIDIMAR	Serafine Mukantabana[2]	February 2013[7]
Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Development Board	RDB	Francis Gatare[3]	July 2014

Ministers of State

Office	Incumbent	Date of entry into office
The Minister of State in MINAGRI	NSANGANIRA Tony[2]	July 2014
The Minister of State in charge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in MINEDUC	NSENGIYUMVA Albert[2]
The Minister of State in charge of Primary and Secondary Education in MINEDUC	RWAMUKWAYA Olivier[2]
The Minister of State in charge of Community Development and Social Affairs in MINALOC	Dr. MUKABARAMBA Alvera[2]
The Minister of State in charge of Energy and Water in MININFRA	KAMAYIRESE Germaine[2]
The Minister of State in charge of Transport in MININFRA	Dr. NZAHABWANIMANA Alexis[2]
The Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation on MINAFFET	Amb. GASANA Eugène Richard[2]
The Minister of State in charge of Mining in MINIRENA	IMENA Evode[2]
The Minister of State in charge of Public Health and Primary Healthcare in MINISANTE	NDIMUBANZI Patrick[2]
The Minister of State in Charge of Economic Planning	Dr. NDAGIJIMANA Uzziel[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: Biography". Ministry of Internal Security Website. Ministry of Internal Security. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
5. "The Minister". Ministry of Defence Website. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
6. "Minister's Biography". MINICOM website. MINICOM. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
7. "About Minister". Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs Website. Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs. Retrieved 14 March 2014.