Uzziel Ndagijimana is a Rwandan economist who has been serving as
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning in the government of
President Paul Kagame since 2018.
Early life and education
Ndagijimana holds a PhD, Economics, 1998 from
University of Warsaw and MSc. Economics from
Warsaw School of Economics.
Career
Ndagijimana started his career as a lecturer in the faculty of Economics, Social Sciences, and Management at the
National University of Rwanda in 1999. In 2002, he moved to leadership positions of the Government of Rwanda.
Ndagijimana served as the Rector of School of Finance and Banking in
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
,
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 ...
, from 2002 to 2007 after which he moved on to be the Vice Rector of the National University of Rwanda from 2007 to 2011.
Ndagijimana was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Republic of Rwanda, from May 2011 to July 2014.
He was also the Minister of State in charge of Economic Planning in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN).
During the annual general meeting of
Afreximbank in
Abuja
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to commemorate its 25th anniversary,
Kemi Adeosun
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Early life and education
Adeosun Kemi was born on 9 March 1967 in London, England to Nig ...
, Nigeria's finance minister, succeeded Ndagijimana as chairman of the board of the bank.
On April 7, 2018, Ndagijimana was appointed Rwanda's Minister of Finance and Economic Planning by President
Paul Kagame.
Ndagijimana also served as Chairman of Economic Advisory Council of the President of the Republic of Rwanda.
Other activities
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African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)
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East African Development Bank (EADB), Ex-Officio Member of the Governing Council (since 2018)
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International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)
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World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)
Board of Governors
World Bank.
* National University of Rwanda, Member of the Board of Directors
References
Living people
Rwandan economists
Finance ministers of Rwanda
Government ministers of Rwanda
Academic staff of the National University of Rwanda
Year of birth missing (living people)
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