{"id":55008,"date":"2025-07-24T22:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/four-new-faces-join-president-kagame-s-newly-unveiled-cabinet\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T22:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:55:07","slug":"four-new-faces-join-president-kagame-s-newly-unveiled-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/four-new-faces-join-president-kagame-s-newly-unveiled-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Four new faces join President Kagame\u2019s newly unveiled Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"

This follows the appointment of Dr. Justin Nsengiyumva as the new Prime Minister, which triggered the formation of a new Cabinet in accordance with the Rwandan Constitution.<\/p>\n

Dominique Habimana has been appointed as the Minister of Local Government, while Dr. Bernadette Arakwiye takes on the role of Minister of Environment. Both are joining the Cabinet for the first time.<\/p>\n

On the side of state ministers, Dr. Telesphore Ndabamenye has been named State Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, and Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye becomes the State Minister for Infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Another notable appointment in the new list of state officers unveiled on Thursday night is that of Nick Barigye as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, a role previously held by the Prime Minister-designate.<\/p>\n

The newly announced Cabinet comprises 21 ministers and 10 state ministers, with the majority of them having served under outgoing Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente and retaining their positions.<\/p>\n

{{Full List of Appointments}}<\/p>\n

{{I. Ministers}}<\/p>\n

1. Judith Uwizeye \u2013 Minister in the Office of the President<\/p>\n

2. In\u00e8s Mpambara \u2013 Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister<\/p>\n

3. Yusuf Murangwa \u2013 Minister of Finance and Economic Planning<\/p>\n

4. Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe \u2013 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation<\/p>\n

5. Dr. Emmanuel Ugirashebuja \u2013 Minister of Justice \/ Attorney General<\/p>\n

6. Juvenal Marizamunda \u2013 Minister of Defense<\/p>\n

7. Consol\u00e9e Uwimana \u2013 Minister of Gender and Family Promotion<\/p>\n

8. Dr. Vincent Biruta \u2013 Minister of Interior<\/p>\n

9. Dominique Habimana \u2013 Minister of Local Government<\/p>\n

10. Dr. Jimmy Gasore \u2013 Minister of Infrastructure<\/p>\n

11. Paula Ingabire \u2013 Minister of ICT and Innovation<\/p>\n

12. Joseph Nsengimana \u2013 Minister of Education<\/p>\n

13. Dr. Bernadette Arakwiye \u2013 Minister of Environment<\/p>\n

14. Dr. Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe \u2013 Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources<\/p>\n

15. Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana \u2013 Minister of Health<\/p>\n

16. Prudence Sebahizi \u2013 Minister of Trade and Industry<\/p>\n

17. Nelly Mukazayire \u2013 Minister of Sports<\/p>\n

18. Dr. Jean Damasc\u00e8ne Bizimana \u2013 Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement<\/p>\n

19. Amb. Christine Nkulikiyinka \u2013 Minister of Public Service and Labor<\/p>\n

20. Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Albert Murasira \u2013 Minister in Charge of Emergency Management<\/p>\n

21. Dr. Jean Nepo Abdallah Utumutwishima \u2013 Minister of Youth and Arts<\/p>\n

{{II. Ministers of State}}<\/p>\n

1. Gen. (Rtd) James Kabarebe \u2013 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Charge of Regional Cooperation<\/p>\n

2. Mutesi Linda Rusagara \u2013 Minister of State for Resource Mobilisation and Public Investment<\/p>\n

3. Godfrey Kabera \u2013 Minister of State in Charge of the National Treasury<\/p>\n

4. Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye \u2013 Minister of State for Infrastructure<\/p>\n

5. Marie Solange Kayisire \u2013 Minister of State for Local Government<\/p>\n

6. Claudette Irere \u2013 Minister of State for Education<\/p>\n

7. Dr. Telesphore Ndabamenye \u2013 Minister of State for Agriculture and Animal Resources<\/p>\n

8. Dr. Yvan Butera \u2013 Minister of State for Health<\/p>\n

9. Sandrine Umutoni \u2013 Minister of State for Youth and Arts<\/p>\n

10. Rwego Ngarambe \u2013 Minister of State for Sports<\/p>\n

{{III. Other Senior Officials}}<\/p>\n

1. Jean-Guy Afrika \u2013 Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Development Board (RDB), with the rank of Minister<\/p>\n

2. Juliana Muganza \u2013 Deputy CEO of RDB, with the rank of Minister of State<\/p>\n

3. Dr. Doris Uwicyeza Picard \u2013 Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), with the rank of Minister<\/p>\n

4. Nick Barigye \u2013 Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR).<\/p>\n

\"Dominique<\/figure>\n
\"Bernadette<\/figure>\n
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\"Dr.<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Paul Kagame has unveiled a new Cabinet, introducing four new faces, including two new ministers and two new state ministers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000091437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55008","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 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}],"featured_image":{"id":2000091437,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/123-51361.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/123-51361.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/123-51361.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/123-51361.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/123-51361.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/123-51361.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55008","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000091437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55008"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55008"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}