Claver Gatete (born 23 May 1962) is a Rwandan politician and diplomat who has been serving as the Executive Secretary of the

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since 2023. From 2022 to 2023, Gatete was Rwanda's

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. 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 Rwanda's ambassador to the

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, and

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Early life and education

Claver Gatete was born in

Mbarara Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region, Uganda, Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, ...

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

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at the

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, and was awarded a

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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 (AU). NEPAD was adopted by the AU at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. ...

'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

as the deputy governor. He then served as the governor of the National Bank of Rwanda 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 a Rwandan politician; since 2018 the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to the Republic of Zimbabwe. Early life and education Career James Musoni has served in the following offices: *Minister of Infrastructure (2014-2018); *M ...

. He was replaced as

Minister of Finance of Rwanda The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN, , ) is a ministry (government department), government ministry of the Republic of Rwanda that was established in 1997 through a merger of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economi ...

by Uzziel Ndagijimana. On 6 October 2023, UN Secretary-General

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appointed Gatete as the Executive Secretary of the

. From 2013-2018 he was Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors

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(AfDB).

Film appearance

Motherland film (2010)

References

External links

Profile atWorld Economic Forum
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Early life and education

Career

See also

Film appearance

References

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