{"id":51215,"date":"2024-08-14T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T10:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ngirente-pledges-to-propel-rwanda-to-new-heights\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:43:24","slug":"ngirente-pledges-to-propel-rwanda-to-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ngirente-pledges-to-propel-rwanda-to-new-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngirente pledges to propel Rwanda to new heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDeeply humbled and honoured to be reappointed as Prime Minister. Thank you Your Excellency Paul Kagame for this immense privilege,\u201d Dr Ngirente posted on his X handle. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commit to continue serving our Country under your leadership and anticipate our journey to elevate Rwanda to even greater heights,\u201d he added<\/p>\n<p>The Head of State announced the reappointment of Ngirente as Rwanda\u2019s Prime Minister on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, a reflection of his trust in his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Ngirente has served as Prime Minister since August 30, 2017, when he was first appointed to Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>He is credited with prioritizing accountability in the last Cabinet, promptly dismissing underperforming ministers and informing the public.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Kagame\u2019s Cabinet, Ngirente held various roles, including Senior Advisor to the World Bank Executive Director in 2017 and Advisor to the World Bank Executive Director from 2011 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He also served as a Senior Economic Advisor to Rwanda\u2019s Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and was the Director General of National Development Planning and Research in the same ministry.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in Belgium, a Master\u2019s degree (MSc) in Agricultural Economics from UCLouvain, a Master\u2019s degree (MA) in Financial Risk Management from Saint-Louis University in Brussels, a University Certificate in Statistics from UCLouvain, and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Economics\/International Economics from the University of Rwanda.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-73849 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gu6xkyax0aag2sy.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame announced the reappointment of Ngirente as Rwanda\u2019s Prime Minister on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, a reflection of his trust in his leadership.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Edouard Ngirente has expressed his gratitude to President Paul Kagame following his reappointment as Prime Minister and pledged to elevate Rwanda to \u201ceven greater heights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000073848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe 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