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The Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA; ; ) is a department of the Government of
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 ...
. The Ministry is responsible for
infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...
policy and development throughout the country.
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is the current Minister of Infrastructure.


History

The ministry was founded after Rwandan independence in 1962 as the ''Ministry for Technical Businesses''. Three years later it was renamed to the ''Ministry of Public services''. Following the military coup which brought President
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to power, the ministry was renamed again to the ''Ministry of Public Services and Energy''. It retained this name until 1980, when it was expanded to include a water remit. The Ministry of Public Services was retained after the 1994
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, reverting first to its former title of Ministry of Public Services and Energy, from 1994 then back to its 1960s title of Ministry of Public Services (MINITRAP) in 1997 and to the new name of ''Ministry of Public Services, Transport and Communication'' in 1999. The Ministry gained its current name ''Ministry of Infrastructure'' in 2002. The Ministry is headed by the ''Minister of Infrastructure''. Since it gained its current incarnation, Ministers have included:


Ministers

*
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, from 2002 to 2004, * Evariste Bizimana, from 2004 to 2006 *
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, from 2006 to 2008 *
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, from 2008 to 2009 *
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, from 2009 to 2011 *
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, from 2011 *
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 ...
, from 2014 to 2018 *
Claver Gatete Claver Gatete (born 23 May 1962) is a Rwandan politician and diplomat who has been serving as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa since 2023. From 2022 to 2023, Gatete was Rwanda's Permanent Representativ ...
, from 2018 to 2022. * Ernest Nsabimana, from January 2022 to September 2023. * Jimmy Gasore, from September 2023 to present.


Ministers of State

* Alexis Nzahabwanimana, from 2014 to 2017. *
Jean De Dieu Uwihanganye Jean De Dieu Uwihanganye (born 8 January 1987), is a Rwandan Engineer and Politician. Jean De Dieu has been serving as the high commissioner of Rwanda to Singapore, Australia, New Zealand Since July 2019 and ambassador to Indonesia from May 2023 ...
, from July 2017 to July 2019. *
Patricie Uwase Patricie Uwase (born 1989) is a Rwandan engineer and politician who currently serve as Minister of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure of the Government of Rwanda. Previously, she served as chairperson of the Board of Rwandair and Permanent ...
, from February 2022 to present.


Duties and responsibilities

The Ministry's mission statement, as stated on its website, is "to ensure the sustainable development of infrastructure and contribute to economic growth with a view to enhancing the quality of life of the population." Its remit includes overseeing maintenance and development of
infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...
in Rwanda including transport, energy, habitat and urbanism, meteorology, and water and sanitation.


References


External links


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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 ...
Infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...