{"id":47759,"date":"2023-03-25T08:06:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T08:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-government-gets-a-facelift-new-youth-minister-and-diplomatic-reshuffle\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T18:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:10:06","slug":"rwanda-s-government-gets-a-facelift-new-youth-minister-and-diplomatic-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-government-gets-a-facelift-new-youth-minister-and-diplomatic-reshuffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda’s Government gets a facelift: New Youth Minister and Diplomatic Reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The appointments included Abdallah Utumatwishima as the new Minister of Youth and Parfait Busabizwa as Permanent Secretary (PS). Busabizwa, who was previously the Executive Secretary of the Southern Province, will now take up his new role in the Ministry of Youth.<\/p>\n

In addition to these appointments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MINAFFET) saw several changes, with Maj Gen Charles Karamba being appointed as envoy of Rwanda to Angola, Vincent Karega as Ambassador of Rwanda to the Kingdom of Belgium, Richard Masozera as envoy of Rwanda to the Czech Republic, and Rosemary Mbabazi as High Commissioner of Rwanda to Ghana.<\/p>\n

Other changes in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs included Nkubito Manzi Bakuramutsa being appointed envoy of Rwanda to the Republic of Korea, Eugene S. Kayihura as ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, John Mirenge as the new envoy to the United Arab Emirates, Fatou Harerimana as the High commissioner to Tanzania, and Emmanuel Hategeka as the High commissioner to South Africa.<\/p>\n

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) also saw a new Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nelly Mukazayire, who was previously the Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB) boss. Janet Karemera was designated as the CEO of RCB, while Candy Basomingera was appointed as her new Deputy.<\/p>\n

The office of the President also saw some changes, with Valens Uwineza appointed as Deputy Director of Cabinet and Mauro De Lorenzo as Executive Director of the Strategy and Policy Council.<\/p>\n

These appointments come as Rwanda continues to make progress in various sectors, including youth empowerment, foreign relations, and economic development. The new leaders are expected to bring their skills and experience to bear in their new roles, helping to drive the country’s growth and development.<\/p>\n

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{President Paul Kagame has made a number of appointments in various leadership positions in Rwanda. The appointment of senior leaders in the government, including the new Minister of Youth and the permanent secretary of the same ministry, as well as heads of institutions were announced on Friday, March 24, 2023 through a statement released by the Office of Prime Minister.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47759"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47759"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}