Claver Gatete (born 23 May 1962) is a Rwandan politician and ambassador, who currently serves as Rwanda's

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as of March 28, 2022. He previously served as the Minister of Infrastructure in the Rwandan cabinet. Prior to his Cabinet appointment in April 2018, he served as Minister of Finance and Economic Planning from 2013 to 2018.http://www.effective-states.org/wp-content/uploads/working_papers/final-pdfs/esid_wp_120_chemouni_POE.pdf He has previously served as the Governor of the

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and as

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's ambassador to the

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, and

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Background and education

Claver Gatete was born in

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on 23 May 1962, where he was raised and educated. He holds a

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Agricultural Economics Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specif ...

from the

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, awarded in 1991. His

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, also in Agricultural Economics, was awarded in 1993, by the same university.

Career

Upon the completion of his university studies, Gatete worked in

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as an economist between 1991 and 1997, and then worked as the national economist with the

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in Rwanda until 2000. In October 2001, Gatete joined the office of the president as the president's personal representative to

NEPAD The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is an economic development program of the African Union. NEPAD was adopted at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. NEPAD aims to p ...

's Steering Committee. He concurrently served as the Coordinator of the National African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and as a Member of the NEPAD's African Partnership Forum (APF), until November 2003. For a period of two years, from November 2003 until November 2005, he served as the Secretary to the Treasury, in the Finance and Economic Planning ministry. From November 2005 until December 2009, Gatete was Rwanda's ambassador to the UK, Ireland and Iceland, before joining the National Bank of Rwanda as the deputy governor. He then served as the Governor of the

from May 2011, before his appointment as the Minister of Finance. He was appointed Minister of Infrastructure in April 2018, replacing

James Musoni James Musoni is the current Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to the Republic of Zimbabwe. Career In his career, James Musoni has served in the following offices: *Minister of Infrastructure (2014-2018); *Minister of Local Government (2009-201 ...

. He was replaced as

Minister of Finance of Rwanda The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN, rw, Minisiteri y'Imari n'Igenamigambi, french: Ministère des Finances et de la Planification économique) is a ministry (government department), government ministry of the Republic of Rwan ...

by Uzziel Ndagijimana.

Other activities

African Development Bank The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) or (BAD) is a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, since September 2014. The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies i ...

(AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2013-2018)

Film appearance

Motherland film (2010)

References

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