Silas Lwakabamba (born 1947) 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 professor of

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

n origin who has served as the Minister of Education of Rwanda since July 2014 until June 24, 2015.

Background

Silas Lwakabamba was born and educated in

. He went to the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

where he studied

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

, graduating with a BSc in 1971 and a PhD in 1975. He subsequently returned to Tanzania where he joined the staff of the Faculty of Engineering at the

University of Dar es Salaam The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is a public university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1 ...

. He attained his professorship in 1981, and later became Dean of the faculty. In 1997, Silas Lwakabamba became the founding Rector of

’s

Kigali Institute of Science and Technology College of Science and Technology - University of Rwanda, the former Kigali Institute of Science, and Technology (KIST, rw, Ishuri Rikuru ry'Ubumenyi n'Ikoranabuhanga rya Kigali, french: Institut des Sciences et des Technologies de Kigali) in Ki ...

, and in 2006, he was appointed the Rector of the

National University of Rwanda The National University of Rwanda (NUR; rw, Kaminuza nkuru y’u Rwanda, french: Université nationale du Rwanda, UNR) was the largest university in Rwanda. It was located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government ...

, the largest public institution of higher learning in the country. He occupied this position until his appointment in February 2013 as Minister of Infrastructure in the Cabinet of the Rwandan government He was one of the allies of President Kagame during the 1994 Genocide war and as the Minister of Education of Rwanda since July 2014 until June 24, 2015. rector of INATEK

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lwakabamba, Silas 1947 births Living people Education ministers of Rwanda Rwandan people of Tanzanian descent Alumni of the University of Leeds Academic staff of the University of Dar es Salaam