President Paul Kagame has appointed Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana as the Minister of Health replacing Dr. Daniel Ngamije who has held the position since February 2020.

Dr. Nsanzimana who once served as the Director General of Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) has been working as the Director General of Butare University Teaching Hospital (CHUB) for the past nine months.

His new appointment was announced on Monday 28th November through a statement released by the Office of Prime Minister.

The communiqué further reads that Dr. Yvan Butera is the new State Minister in the Ministry of Health replacing Dr. Tharcisse Mpunga who was named Director General of the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK).

The duties were previously assumed by Dr. Theobald Hategekimana.

The communiqué further reads that Dr. Yvan Butera was appointed the State Minister in the Ministry of Health replacing Dr. Tharcisse Mpunga named Director General of the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK).

The role was previously assumed by Dr. Theobald Hategekimana.

Dr. Butera has been serving as the Deputy Executive Secretary in Human Resources for Health Secretariat in the Ministry of Health.

He worked in different hospitals including Kanombe Military Hospital.

Dr. Butera has a Bachelor of Medicine obtained from the University of Rwanda in 2014 and PhD in Medical Sciences from Liège University in Belgium acquired in 2019.

In 2017, he also obtained a Master’s degree from the University of Global Health Equity located in Burera District.

Meanwhile, Dr. Nsanzimana was named the Director General of RBC in 2019 replacing Dr. Condo Jeannine.

He holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Rwanda and PhD doctoral research studies in Epidemiology at University of Basel, Switzerland.

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