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Rwanda

Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 403 entities connected with Rwanda. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Rwanda. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Rwanda

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Rwanda.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 246 entities identified as PEPs connected with Rwanda.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President1--
Prime Minister1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda1--
Minister in charge of Cabinet Affairs1--
Minister In Charge of Emergency Management1--
Minister in the Office of the President1--
Minister of Agriculture & Animal Resources21-
Minister of Defense1--
Minister of Education1--
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning111
Minister of Gender & Family Promotion1--
Minister of Gender and Family Promotion-2-
Minister of Health1--
Minister of Information & Communications Technology (ICT) & Innovation1--
Minister of Infrastructure12-
Minister of Interior1--
Minister of Justice1--
Minister of Justice--1
Minister of Local Government11-
Minister of National Unity & Civic Engagement1--
Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement--1
Minister of Public Investment and Privatization-1-
Minister of Public Service and Labour-1-
Minister of Sports1--
Minister of State for Education1--
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Charge of Regional Cooperation1--
Minister of State for Local Government1--
Minister of State for Resource Mobilization & Public Investment in MINECOHN1--
Minister of State for the Environment1--
Minister of State for Youth1--
Minister of State in Charge of Constitutional & Legal Affairs1--
Minister of State in charge of Infrastructure--1
Minister of State in Charge of the National Treasury1--
Minister of State in the Minister of Health1--
Minister of State in the Minister of Infrastructure1--
Minister of the Environment1-1
Minister of the Interior--1
Minister of Trade and Industry11-
Minister of Youth & Arts1--
Minister of Youth and Culture-1-
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Chamber of Deputies--77
President of the Senate of Rwanda-41
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor, National Bank of Rwanda1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of Angola to Rwanda--1
ambassador of France to Rwanda-31
ambassador of Poland to Tanzania-1-
ambassador of Romania to Rwanda--1
ambassador of Spain to Rwanda-1-
ambassador of the United Kingdom to Rwanda-41
ambassador of Zimbabwe to Rwanda--1
High Commissioner of Mozambique to Rwanda-11
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--
United States Ambassador to Rwanda-1-

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
Intergovernmental legislative organisationCurrentEndedStatus unclear
East African Legislative Assembly-1-

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda--35
Member of the Senate of Rwanda-17
Minister of Education of Rwanda-62
Minister of Foreign Affairs-34
Health Minister of Rwanda-32
Prime Minister of Rwanda-31
Minister of Defence of Rwanda-3-
CEO of Rwanda Development Board-1-
Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Development Board1--
Minister of Emergency Management-1-
Minister of ICT and Innovation--1
President of Rwanda--1
President of the Republic of Rwanda1--
Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...