Amandin Rugira

Amandin Rugira is a Rwandan politician and diplomat who serves as the Rwandan ambassador to Zambia and Malawi.[1] He also served as Rwandan ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] to Belgium[3] and to the European Union.[4]

Career

Rugira was a member of the Republican Democratic Movement until 2002 when the party was dissolved.[5] He joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party[5] and sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the party. Rugira served as a director in various offices including in the office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Central Bank and at the Rwandan Development Bank. He was promoted to the rank of permanent secretary and deployed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being appointed Rwandan ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[6] He was redeployed from Congo to European Union and Belgium as an envoy.[4]

References
  1. "New Rwanda and British Ambassadors Accredited to COMESA". Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  2. Kagire, Edmund (2019-07-16). "Major Shakeup: President Kagame Names New Envoys, Others Dropped". KT PRESS. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  3. "DIPLOMATIE : Amandin Rugira, Nouvel Ambassadeur du Rwanda auprès de la Belgique". La Voix De La Diaspora Rwandaise (in French). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  4. "Presentation of letters of credentials to the President of the European Council Donald Tusk". European Council. June 12, 2018.
  5. "Rwanda : A. Rugira, un ambassadeur itinérant ou quelqu'un qui s'ennuie à Kinshasa?". Echos d’Afrique (in French). 9 September 2011. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  6. Karuhanga, James (2009-12-25). "Kabila to support joint dev't projects". The New Times. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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