Louise Mushikiwabo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Louise Mushikiwabo
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	May 22, 1961(1961-05-22)
Age	63
Birthplace	Kigali
Country	Rwanda
Horoscope	Taurus

Louise Mushikiwabo Biography

Louise Mushikiwabo is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 22, 1961 in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwandan politician elected in 2018 to a four-year term as Secretary General of Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. From 2009 to 2018, she was Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

She was a member of the Rwandan President She served in the administration of Rwandan President Paul Kagame.’s administration.

Louise Mushikiwabo (born 22 May 1961) is the fourth and current Secretary General of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. She previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda from 2009 to 2018. She also served as Government Spokesperson. She had previously been Minister of Information.

After completing primary and secondary school in Kigali, Mushikiwabo went to study at the National University of Rwanda (currently University of Rwanda), in the southern city of Butare, in 1981. She graduated from university in 1984, with a bachelor’s degree in English, and then worked briefly as a secondary school teacher. In 1986, she emigrated from Rwanda to the United States, where she began studying for a master’s degree in Languages and Interpretation at the University of Delaware, with French as her specialist language. Upon finishing her studies in 1988, she remained in the United States, settling in the Washington, D.C. area. She started her career working for lobbying organisations, before taking a position with the African Development Bank (ADB); as part of her role with the ADB she lived in Tunisia for a short time, and eventually became the bank’s Communications Director.

She is the sister to Anne-Marie Kantengwa, a businesswoman, and Lando Ndasingwa, a politician.

Louise Mushikiwabo Net Worth

Louise Mushikiwabo is one of the richest Politician from Rwanda. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Louise Mushikiwabo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1994, she graduated from the National University of Rwanda as a Bachelor of English. Later, she moved to the United States to study linguistics at University of Delaware.

She is the co-author of the semi-autobiographical novel Rwanda Means the Universe (2006).

Louise Mushikiwabo was born on 22 May 1961 in Kigali, the Rwandan capital. Her father was Bitsindinkumi, a Tutsi from the Batsobe clan; Bitsindinkumi worked as a farmer, managing the family’s smallholding as well as working as bookkeeper for a colonial coffee plantation. Her mother was Nyiratulira, a first cousin of the philosopher and historian Alexis Kagame. She spent her childhood in Kigali. The youngest of nine children, her siblings included Lando Ndasingwa, who became a notable businessman and politician in Rwanda before being killed in 1994 during the Rwandan genocide, and Anne-Marie Kantengwa, who took over Lando’s hotel Chez Lando after his death and served in the Parliament of Rwanda from 2003 to 2008.

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Facts & Trivia

Louise Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Rwanda. Louise Mushikiwabo celebrates birthday on May 22 of every year.

Top Facts about Louise Mushikiwabo

1. Louise Mushikiwabo is the 4th and current Secretary General of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
2. She was born on 22 May 1961 in Kigali, the Rwandan capital.
3. She is the youngest of nine children with siblings including Lando Ndasingwa and Anne-Marie Kantengwa.
4. After completing her studies in 1988, she stayed in the US and worked for lobbying organisations.
5. Louise Mushikiwabo wrote a book in 2006 entitled “Rwanda Means the Universe”.
6. She was appointed Minister of Information of Rwanda in 2008.
7. She has the ability to give statements in all of Rwanda’s official languages – Kinyarwanda, French and English.
8. In October 2018, she was elected for a four-year term for the position of Secretary General of Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).
9. Her father was Bitsindinkumi, a farmer and bookkeeper for a colonial coffee plantation.
10. Her mother was Nyiratulira, who was a first cousin to the Abiru philosopher and historian Alexis Kagame.
11. She studied at the National University of Rwanda from 1981 to 1984 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English.
12. She moved to the US and studied for a master’s degree in Languages and Interpretation at the University of Delaware.
13. Mushikiwabo is responsible for deciding whether to take action against media organisations that had run defamatory stories about President Paul Kagame.
14. She was firm in encouraging freedom of the press while ensuring the media followed Rwanda’s laws around genocide denial.
15. Her brother Lando Ndasingwa was a notable businessman and politician in Rwanda, before being killed in the 1994 genocide.