Ildephonse Musafiri is a

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n economist and politician who currently heads the

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) is a ministry of Rwanda with headquarters at Kigali, Rwanda. It is headed currently by Ildephonse Musafiri since 2023. It was established by the Government of Rwanda to aid promote agric ...

since 2 March 2023. Prior to his current appointment, he served as Minister of state in the same ministry from August 2022.

Early life and education

Musafiri was born 5 June 1979, in Rutsiro, western province of Rwanda. He graduated his high school education in 1998 at Kayove Teacher Training School, in western province of Rwanda. In 2004, he got a bachelor's degree in

development economics Development economics is a branch of economics that deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic development, economic growth and structural c ...

, a master's degree in

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from the

National University of Rwanda The National University of Rwanda (NUR; , , UNR) was the largest university in Rwanda. It was located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government in cooperation with the Congregation of the Dominicans from the Provin ...

in 2008, and a PhD in

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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in Germany in 2015. His doctoral thesis was entitled, ''The determinants of long term growth in smallholder agriculture in

: an intergenerational analysis''.

Career

In 2003, he worked as an intern at

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Rwanda in development activities project (DAP), later in 2007 he became community capacity strengthening officer of the same organization until 2009. He was tutorials assistant of mathematics for economists at

from 2006 to 2008, he became the course lecturer in 2009 at the same institution, and senior lecturer in 2016. Musafiri served in Rwanda office of the president

Paul Kagame Paul Kagame ( ; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the President of Rwanda since 2000. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded ...

as executive director of the Strategy and Policy Council (SPC) from 2016 to his appointment as minister of state in ministry of Agriculture and animal Resources appointed by President

in August 2022. Musafiri served as a member of the board of directors of the

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for four years from 2018. He became minister of Agriculture and animal Resources on 2 March 2023, in the Rwandan cabinet of Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente.

References

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