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

The MOD has affiliated agencies:[2]

  • ZIGAMA CSS
  • Rwanda Military Hospital
  • Military Medical Insurance
  • Armed Forces Shop

List of ministers

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]
2 Juvénal Habyarimana 1965 1991 25–26 years National Revolutionary Movement for Development [3]
Juvénal Habyarimana
3 Maj.-Gen. Augustin Ndindiliyimana 1991 1992 0–1 years [3]
4 James Gasana April 1992 July 1993 1 year, 3 months [3]
5 Augustin Bizimana July 1993 July 1994 1 year Republican Democratic Movement [3]
Théodore Sindikubwabo
6 Maj.-Gen. Paul Kagame 1994 2000 5–6 years Rwandan Patriotic Front Pasteur Bizimungu [3]
7 Brig.-Gen. Emmanuel Habyarimana 2000 November 2002 1–2 years Rwandan Patriotic Front Paul Kagame [3]
8 Gen. Marcel Gatsinzi November 2002 April 2010 7 years, 5 months Rwandan Patriotic Front [3]
9 Gen. James Kabarebe 10 April 2010 October 2018 8 years, 5 months Rwandan Patriotic Front [3]
10 Maj. Gen. Albert Murasira October 2018 6 June 2023 4 years, 8 months Rwandan Patriotic Front [4]
11 Brig.-Gen. Juvenal Marizamunda 6 June 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 220 days Rwandan Patriotic Front [5]

References

  1. ^ "bidding_notice.pdf Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine." (Archive) Ministry of Defence. Retrieved on 26 February 2013.
  2. ^ https://www.mod.gov.rw/ministry/agencies. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Minister". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. ^ '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>
  5. ^ "Rwanda President Kagame orders major military purge". The East African. 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-20.

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