Ministry of Defence (Rwanda)
Government ministry of Rwanda
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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] | ||
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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, 105 days | [5] | |||
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