Olivier Nduhungirehe

Olivier Jean Patrick Nduhungirehe (born 13 September 1975) is a Rwandan diplomat who has served as Foreign Minister of Rwanda since June 2024.

Olivier Nduhungirehe
Olivier Nduhungirehe in 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2024
President	Paul Kagame
Preceded by	Vincent Biruta
Rwandan Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office December 2015 – September 2017
President	Paul Kagame
Personal details
Born	(1975-09-13) 13 September 1975 (age 49) Huye District, Rwanda
Political party	Rwandan Patriotic Front

Career

Born in Huye District, Rwanda,^[1] Nduhungirehe served as Ambassador of Rwanda to the Netherlands from December 2015 to September 2017,^[1] and from then to April 2020 as representative of the Foreign Ministry to the East African Community. He has also been a representative before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.^[2]

In June 2024, Nduhungirehe replaced Vincent Biruta as Foreign Minister of Rwanda.^[3]

Nduhungirehe speaks fluent Kinyarwanda, English, and French.^[3]

During the Goma offensive in 2025, where M23 took the city of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nduhungirehe urged a ceasefire, and called on DR Congo to negotiate with M23 rebels, whom the DR Congo considers as terrorists.^[4] Nduhungirehe had previously accused DR Congo, in October 2024, of refusing to sign a deal to reduce fighting in Kivu. Nduhungirehe has maintained the official Rwandan position that Rwanda does not support M23.^[5]

On 27 June 2025 he signed a peace agreement in Washington on behalf of Rwanda with the DRC's foreign minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner. The White House event was attended by Angolan journalist Hariana Verás, who was given a platform and spoke of how happy the people of DR Congo were now that the peace deal was signed, praising President Donald Trump.^[6][7]