Isabelle Kalihangabo (born 1972) is a

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

n lawyer and politician who has been Deputy Secretary General of the

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(RIB) since 2018.

Career

Kalihangabo is a law graduate from the

University of Rwanda University of Rwanda (, ) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate, multi campus university based in Kigali, Rwanda. Formed in 2013 through the merger of previously independent education institutions, the University of Rwanda is the largest ...

and also has a Master's degree in International Business Law from

Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public university, public research university in Mile End, East London, England. It is a member institution of the federal University ...

. Between 2000 and 2004 she served in the Supreme Court of

in Department of Gacaca Jurisdictions. In 2004 she was appointed as a Judge to the High Court of

here she served until 2007. In 2007 she was made Assistant Attorney General in the Ministry of Justice with responsibility for legal advisory services. A promotion in March 2014 saw her made Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General in the

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She remained in that role until 9 April 2018 when she was appointed by President as Deputy Secretary General of

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