Louise Mushikiwabo

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Louise Mushikiwabo (born May 22, 1961 in Kigali , Rwanda ) is a Rwandan politician of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). She has been Secretary General of the Organization of the Francophonie since October 12, 2018 . She was Foreign Minister in the Paul Kagame cabinet from December 3, 2009 to October 18, 2018 . In 2020, Forbes magazine named her one of Africa's 50 Most Powerful Women.

Life

Louise Mushikiwabo was born on May 22, 1961 in the capital of Rwanda , Kigali . Her family is Tutsi . Mushikiwabo studied English from 1981 to 1984 at the Université nationale du Rwanda in Butare . She then taught at a high school in Kigali. In 1986 she continued her studies at the University of Delaware , where she obtained a master's degree in languages ​​and translation with a focus on French in 1988 . Mushikiwabo lived in the United States for 22 years and then briefly in Tunisia , where she worked for the African Development Bank . In March 2008 she joined the Rwandan cabinet. Until 2018 she was Foreign Minister of Rwanda. At the summit of the Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) in Yerevan , Armenia , she was elected as the new Secretary General on October 12, 2018, replacing the Canadian Michaëlle Jean .

She also works as an author. She is co-author of the book Rwanda Means the Universe (St. Martin's Press, 2006), which deals with the genocide of the Tutsi in 1994. She regularly publishes articles in newspapers and online magazines. In 2004 she received the Outstanding Humanitarian Award from the American University's School of International Studies .

family

Her brother Lando Ndasingwa was the only minister in the last cabinet of Habyarimana who was a Tutsi . He was killed on April 7, 1994.

Web links

Commons : Louise Mushikiwabo  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Biography. In: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda website. Retrieved January 13, 2012 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Twagilimana, Aimable ,: Historical dictionary of Rwanda . Second ed. Lanham, ISBN 978-1-4422-5590-6 , pp. 157 (English).
  2. ↑ Simone Schlindwein: Satisfaction for the survivors. In: the daily newspaper . January 12, 2012, accessed January 13, 2012 .
  3. ↑ allafrica.com of December 6, 2009
  4. ↑ Sezibera replaces Mushikiwabo as Rwanda's Foreign minister. theeastafrican.co.ke, October 18, 2018, accessed February 4, 2020 .
  5. ^ La Secrétaire générale de la Francophonie | Organization international de la francophonie. Organization Internationale de la Francophonie, accessed January 30, 2021 (French).
  6. ↑ Forbes Africa: Africa's 50 Most Powerful Women. In: Forbes Africa. March 6, 2020, accessed January 30, 2021 (American English).
  7. ↑ Elizabeth Adams: Rwanda overcomes tragedy. October 14, 2014, accessed February 1, 2021 .
  8. ↑ a b biography of Louise Mushikiwabo. (PDF) OIF, October 2019, accessed on February 1, 2021 (French).
  9. ^ Rwanda's Louise Mushikiwabo is the new Secretary-General of La Francophonie. In: africanews.com. October 12, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018 .
  10. ^ [1] Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda, biography of the Foreign Minister
personal data
SURNAME Mushikiwabo, Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Rwandan politician and member of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Kigali