A statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday, January 31 says President Paul Kagame has appointed Ernest Nsabimana as the new Minister of Infrastructure.
Also Claver Gatete who was at the helm of the ministry has been appointed the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Patricia Uwase who was the Permanent Secretary from September 2018 in the same ministry has been named State Minister, a position which has been vacant since Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye was appointed Rwanda’s envoy to Singapore.
The new Minister of Infrastructure is a transportation infrastructure specialist with strong points in highway, airport, railway engineering as well as urban planning.
Nsabimana holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Rwanda and a PhD in the same course from Kyung Hee University in South Korea.
In December 2020, he was appointed as the new Director General of Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), replacing Patrick Nyirishema.
