Pélagie Uwera

Pélagie Uwera graduated with a bachelor's degree in social science^[2] and a master's degree in development studies from Kigali Independent University. From 1998 to 2009 she was a secondary school teacher.

From 2012 to 2019 Uwera was a Commissioner for the National Electoral Commission of Rwanda.^[1] One of seven Commission members, she acted as a Commonwealth expert observer at the 2014 Botswana general election.^[2] In 2018 she was again a Commonwealth expert observer at the 2018 Sierra Leonean general election.^[3]

In 2015 contested on a Social Democratic Party ticket as a candidate for the East African Legislative Assembly, but was defeated by Francois Xavier Kalinda.^[4]

Among 23 candidates for the Southern Province in the 2019 Senatorial election,^[5] Uwera was one of the three candidates elected for the Province.^[6] In October 2019 she was elected to serve on the senatorial Disciplinary Committee, as Chrysologue Karangwa's deputy.^[7] In November 2019, Uwera and senator John Bonds Bideri were elected unopposed to represent Rwanda at the Pan-African Parliament.^[8]