Ministry of Defence (Rwanda)

The Rwandan Ministry of Defence (Kinyarwanda: Minisiteri y'Ingabo;^[1] French: Ministère de la Défense) is in charge of the Rwanda Defence Force. The Minister of Defence is responsible for the conduct and implementation of defence programmes.

Affiliated agencies

The MOD has affiliated agencies:^[2]

• ZIGAMA CSS
• Rwanda Military Hospital
• Military Medical Insurance
• Armed Forces Shop

List of ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Party		President serving under	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Calliope Mulindahabi	1962	1965	2–3 years			Grégoire Kayibanda	[3]
2		Juvénal Habyarimana	1965	1991	25–26 years		National Revolutionary Movement for Development		[3]
								Juvénal Habyarimana
3		Maj.-Gen. Augustin Ndindiliyimana	1991	1992	0–1 years				[3]
4		James Gasana	April 1992	July 1993	1 year, 3 months				[3]
5		Augustin Bizimana	July 1993	July 1994	1 year		Republican Democratic Movement		[3]
								Théodore Sindikubwabo
6		Maj.-Gen. Paul Kagame	1994	2000	5–6 years		Rwandan Patriotic Front	Pasteur Bizimungu	[3]
7		Brig.-Gen. Emmanuel Habyarimana	2000	November 2002	1–2 years		Rwandan Patriotic Front	Paul Kagame	[3]
8		Gen. Marcel Gatsinzi	November 2002	April 2010	7 years, 5 months		Rwandan Patriotic Front		[3]
9		Gen. James Kabarebe	10 April 2010	October 2018	8 years, 5 months		Rwandan Patriotic Front		[3]
10		Maj. Gen. Albert Murasira	October 2018	6 June 2023	4 years, 8 months		Rwandan Patriotic Front		[4]
11		Brig.-Gen. Juvenal Marizamunda	6 June 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 62 days		Rwandan Patriotic Front		[5]