Ange Kagame (born September 8, 1993) is the second child and only daughter of

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 ...

, current president of

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. She has been involved in causes that include women's empowerment, education, and poverty eradication, as well as mass vaccination campaigns. She is married to Bertrand Ndengeyingoma.

Early life and education

Kagame was born September 8, 1993 in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

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. Her father is Paul Kagame, the sixth and current President of the Republic of Rwanda and the leader of Rwanda's majority party the

Rwandan Patriotic Front The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF–Inkotanyi, french: Front patriotique rwandais, FPR) is the ruling political party in Rwanda. Led by President Paul Kagame, the party has governed the country since its armed wing defeated government forces, winn ...

. Her mother Jeannette Nyiramongi is the first lady of the Republic of

. As the first daughter of the president, she holds both formal and informal power and influence. Kagame completed her education abroad and was absent from the public eye for most of her childhood due to security and privacy reasons. She attended

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, a private preparatory school located in

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in the United States. She attended

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where she majored in political science with a minor in African studies. She also holds a master's degree in international affairs from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. Kagame can speak three languages, English,

Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is spoken in Rwanda and adjacent parts of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (where there ...

, and French.

Other activities

In 2014, Kagame accompanied her father to the

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for a dinner hosted by

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. The dinner was part of the three-day-long United States–Africa Leaders Summit held in August of that year, at which the leaders of the majority of African countries met to discuss trade, investment and security of the continent. Dec 30, 2015 Ange Kagame speaks of forgiveness , url, =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LIjZDt-tUU

Personal life

Kagame is the second oldest child with three other siblings, Ivan Cyomoro, Ian Kagame, and Brian Kagame. She is a

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and

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fan, and follows the

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and

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. On 6 July 2019, at the Intare Conference Centre in Kigali, Ange married Bertrand Ndengeyingoma. In 2020, they welcomed their baby daughter Ava Ndengeyingoma.

References

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Early life and education

Other activities

Personal life

See also

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