Biography:Uzziel Ndagijimana
Uzziel Ndagijimana | |
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| Minister of finance and economic planning | |
| Chairman of the board of Afreximbank | |
| Succeeded by | Kemi Adeosun |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Rwandan |
Uzziel Ndagijimana is a Rwandan economist. He is the current minister of finance and economic planning of Rwanda.[1][2]
Career
Ndagijimana started his career as a lecturer in the faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management at the National University of Rwanda in 1999. In 2002, he moved to leadership positions of the Government of Rwanda.[3]
He served as the Rector of School of Finance and Banking in Kigali, Rwanda from 2002 to 2007 after which he moved on to be the Vice Rector of the National University of Rwanda from 2007 to 2011.[3][4]
He was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Republic of Rwanda from May 2011 to July 2014.[4] He was also the Minister of State in charge of Economic Planning in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN).[2]
During the annual general meeting of Afreximbank in Abuja to commemorate it's 25th anniversary, Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria's finance minister succeeded Ndagijimana as chairman of the board of the bank[5]
On April 7, 2018, he was appointed Rwanda’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning by President Paul Kagame.[1]
Uzziel Ndagijimana was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Rwanda and the Board of Directors of National University of Rwanda. He also served as Chairman of Economic Advisory Council of the President of the Republic of Rwanda.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rwanda's president names new finance minister in reshuffle". Reuters. https://mobile-reuters-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1HE08H?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE=#referrer=https://www.google.com&_tf=From%20%251$s&share=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rwanda-economy/rwandas-president-names-new-finance-minister-in-reshuffle-idUSKBN1HE08H.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Minister Uzziel Ndagijimana takes over at MINECOFIN, calls for continued collaboration" (in en). http://www.minecofin.gov.rw/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=665&cHash=037640c4bf62c4aca3044121e01d7128.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Uzziel Ndagijimana" (in en). World Bank Live. 2018-04-12. https://live.worldbank.org/experts/uzziel-ndagijimana.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Uzziel Ngagijimana - IGC" (in en-GB). IGC. https://www.theigc.org/person/uzziel-ngagijimana/.
- ↑ "Kemi Adeosun elected Afreximbank board chairperson | TODAY.NG" (in en-US). TODAY.NG. 2018-07-14. https://www.today.ng/business/finance/kemi-adeosun-elected-afreximbank-board-chairperson-132840.
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