Donald Kaberuka
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Bernard Makuza
Donald Kaberuka | |
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| 7th President of the African Development Bank | |
| In office 1 September 2005 – 1 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Omar Kabbaj |
| Succeeded by | Akinwumi Adesina |
| Minister of Finance and Economic Planning | |
| In office 7 October 1997 – 20 August 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre-Célestin Rwigema Bernard Makuza |
| Preceded by | Jean-Berchmans Birara |
| Succeeded by | Manasseh Nshuti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1951 |
| Education | University of Dar es Salaam (BA) University of East Anglia (MPhil) University of Glasgow (PhD) |
Donald P. Kaberuka (born 5 October 1951) is a Rwandan economist and was the president of the African Development Bank from September 2005 until September 2015.[1]
Kaberuka was born in Byumba, Rwanda.[2] He studied at the University of Dar es Salaam as an undergraduate and obtained his MPhil in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia in 1979. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Glasgow.[3]
Career
Kaberuka worked in banking and international trade for over a decade. In October 1997 he was appointed minister of finance and economic planning in Rwanda.[4] Kaberuka served in that position for eight years, and is credited with helping to stabilize the Rwandan economy from the effects of the 1994 genocide.
African Development Bank, 2005–2015
In July 2005, Kaberuka was elected president of the African Development Bank. He took office in September 2005.[5]
Kaberuka led an institution whose financial standing has been restored from the near collapse of 1995, but whose operational credibility remains a work-in-progress.[6] In addition to his role at the bank, Kaberuka was also a member of the Commission on Effective Development Cooperation with Africa which was set up by the prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark and held meetings between April and October 2008.[7]
A working group convened by the Center for Global Development, an independent Washington think tank, released a report in September 2006 that offered six recommendations for Kaberuka and the bank's board of directors on broad principles to guide the bank's renewal.[8] The report contains six recommendations for management and shareholders as they address the urgent task of reforming Africa's development bank. Prominent among the recommendations is a strong focus on infrastructure.
Global Fund, 2019–2023
Kaberuka serves as the chair of the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. His two-year term began 16 May 2019.[9] In this role, Kaberuka helps raise at least US$14 billion for the Global Fund for 2020–2022. The funds will help save 16 million lives, cut the mortality rate from HIV, TB and malaria in half, and build stronger health systems by 2023, according to the Global Fund.[10] In 2021, the Board extended his tenure to the first Board Meeting of 2023.[11]
