Alvera Mukabaramba, is a
pediatrician
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and politician in
Rwanda
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, who has been the Minister of State for Local Government Responsible for Social Affairs in the
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, since 10 October 2011.
Background and education
She was born in Rwanda on 1 March 1960. She studied at the
First Pavlov State Medical University, in
St.Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
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, graduating with a medical degree. She specialized in
pediatrics
Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until th ...
, and the university awarded her a Doctor of Philosophy in the subject.
Career
Alvera Mukabaramba's political career began in 1999, when she became a member of the National Transitional Assembly, serving in that capacity until 2003. From 2003 until October 2011, she was a Senator in Rwanda's
bicameral
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parliament. Then on 10 October 211, she was appointed State Minister for Social Affairs and Community Development in the Ministry of Local Government,
replacing the late
Christine Nyatanyi, who died in a hospital in
Brussels
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,
Belgium
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.
Since then, she has been retained in the cabinet and has retained her portfolio in the various cabinet reshuffles, including the one on 31 August 2017.
Other considerations
Makaramba is a member of the ''Party of Progress and Concord'' (PPC). She has twice ran for the presidency of Rwanda. The first time was in 2003, but she withdrew and threw her weight behind
Paul Kagame
Paul Kagame (; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who is the 4th and current president of Rwanda since 2000. He previously served as a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a Uganda-based rebel ...
.
She ran again in 2010, but lost.
In 2012, she was elected as the new president of the "Rwanda Forum for Political Parties" (FFFP), an organization that brings together all the political parties in the country, to foster national unity.
See also
*
Parliament of Rwanda
The Parliament of Rwanda ( French: ''Parlement du Rwanda''; Kinyarwanda: ''Inteko Ishinga Amategeko y’u Rwanda'') has consisted of two chambers since 2003:
*The Senate (French: ''Sénat''; Kinyarwanda: ''Sena'') (Upper Chamber)
*The Chamber ...
*
Government of Rwanda
The politics of Rwanda reflect Belgian and German civil law systems and customary law takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the President of Rwanda is the head of state with significant executive power, with the Pr ...
References
External links
Website of the Rwanda Ministry of Local Government(Minaloc)
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Living people
1960 births
Rwandan pediatricians
Government ministers of Rwanda
Social affairs ministers of Rwanda
Women government ministers of Rwanda
21st-century Rwandan politicians
21st-century Rwandan women politicians