Ministry of Defence (Rwanda)
The Rwandan Ministry of Defence (Kinyarwanda: Minisiteri y'Ingabo;[1] French: Ministère de la Défense) is in charge of the Rwanda Defence Force. The Minister of Defence is responsible for the conduct and implementation of defence programmes.
Affiliated agencies
[edit]The MOD has affiliated agencies:[2]
- ZIGAMA CSS
- Rwanda Military Hospital
- Military Medical Insurance
- Armed Forces Shop
List of ministers
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Party | President serving under |
Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 |  |
Calliope Mulindahabi | 1962 | 1965 | 2–3 years | Grégoire Kayibanda | [3] | ||
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Juvénal Habyarimana (1937–1994) |
1965 | 1991 | 25–26 years | National Revolutionary Movement for Development | |||
| Juvénal Habyarimana | |||||||||
| 3 | |
Maj.-Gen. Augustin Ndindiliyimana (1943–) |
1991 | 1992 | 0–1 years | ||||
| 4 | |
James Gasana | April 1992 | July 1993 | 1 year, 3 months | ||||
| 5 | |
Augustin Bizimana (1954–2000) |
July 1993 | July 1994 | 1 year | Republican Democratic Movement | |||
| Théodore Sindikubwabo | |||||||||
| 6 |  |
Maj.-Gen. Paul Kagame (1957–) |
1994 | 2000 | 5–6 years | Rwandan Patriotic Front | Pasteur Bizimungu | ||
| 7 | |
Brig.-Gen. Emmanuel Habyarimana | 2000 | November 2002 | 1–2 years | Paul Kagame | |||
| 8 | |
Gen. Marcel Gatsinzi (1948–2023) |
November 2002 | April 2010 | 7 years, 5 months | ||||
| 9 |  |
Gen. James Kabarebe (1959–) |
10 April 2010 | October 2018 | 8 years, 5 months | ||||
| 10 | |
Maj. Gen. Albert Murasira (1962–) |
October 2018 | 6 June 2023 | 4 years, 8 months | [4] | |||
| 11 | |
Brig.-Gen. Juvenal Marizamunda (1965–) |
6 June 2023 | Incumbent | 3 years, 72 days | [5] | |||
References
[edit]- ↑ "bidding_notice.pdf Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine." (Archive) Ministry of Defence. Retrieved on 26 February 2013.
- ↑ https://www.mod.gov.rw/ministry/agencies.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "The Minister". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ 'Major General Murasira takes charge as the new Defence Minister', Ministry of Defence (Kigali),22 October 2018, accessed 29 October 2018, <https://mod.gov.rw/news-detail/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3925&cHash=d2570ee62d0c5cfac9daec33a48b81ea#.W9ZHFZMzbIU>
- ↑ "Rwanda President Kagame orders major military purge". The East African. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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