Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi (born 20 February 1961) is a
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
n politician who served as
Prime Minister of Rwanda from 7 October 2011 until 24 July 2014. He previously served as
Minister of Education from May 2011 to October 2011.
Early life
Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi was born in 1961 in Ruhondo,
Musanze District. He studied in a number of countries, including the
Democratic Republic of Congo,
France, and
Burkina Faso. He obtained a
B.Sc.
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
in sociology, before completing his post-graduation at the
University of Lubumbashi
The University of Lubumbashi (), also known by the acronym UNILU, is one of the largest universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in Lubumbashi in Haut Katanga Province, previously Katanga Province. The campus is locate ...
in 1993. He then completed
M.Sc.
A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...
in
political science from the
Panthéon-Assas University in 2003.
He earned a Ph.D. in political science from the
University of Ouagadougou in 2011.
Career
Pierre Habumuremyi started his career as an academic, serving as the assistant professor at the
National University of Rwanda from 1993 to 1999, and also served as a lecturer at the Kigali Independent University and the Kigali Lay Adventist University during 1997-1999. During this period, he also worked as a project coordinator at German Technical Assistance programme (GTZ Kigali) during 1995-1997 and a Senior Project Manager for the
Catholic Relief Services during 1997-2000.
From 2000 to 2003, he was the Deputy Executive Secretary of the
National Electoral Commission of Rwanda, after which he served as the Executive Secretary until 2008.
Habumuremyi was elected as one of Rwanda's nine representatives in the
East African Legislative Assembly on 11 May 2008. He was succeeded as Executive Secretary of the National Electoral Commission by Charles Munyaneza in July 2008.
Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi was subsequently appointed to the Rwandan government as minister of education in May 2011, replacing
Charles Murigande
Charles Murigande (born August 15, 1958) is a Rwandan political veteran (currently in retirement) who served in the government of Rwanda as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2008, as Minister of Governmental Affairs from 2008 to 2009, and as ...
.
He was appointed as prime minister on 6 October 2011. His appointment came as a surprise, given his relatively low profile on the political scene. He was succeeded by Anastase Murekezi on 23 July 2014.
He has written a book ''The Political integration in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide: Utopia or Reality'', which was published by the Palotti Press, Kigali, in 2008.
References
External links
Office of the Prime Minister websiteProfile on Open Library
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1959 births
Living people
People from Musanze District
Hutu people
category:Rwandan Patriotic Front politicians
Prime Ministers of Rwanda
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni
Education ministers of Rwanda