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
editRugira 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.[citation needed] 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
edit- ^ "New Rwanda and British Ambassadors Accredited to COMESA". Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ Kagire, Edmund (2019-07-16). "Major Shakeup: President Kagame Names New Envoys, Others Dropped". KT PRESS. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Presentation of letters of credentials to the President of the European Council Donald Tusk". European Council. June 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Karuhanga, James (2009-12-25). "Kabila to support joint dev't projects". The New Times. Retrieved 2023-05-30.