President Kagame names Gatare new Rwanda Development Board CEO

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Rwanda’s newly appointed Rwanda Development Board CEO, Francis Gatare. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Wednesday made key changes in his government dropping long-serving Ms Clare Akamanzi as the head of the country's influential investment and tourism promotion agency - Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and named former Defence minister Gen James Kabarebe recently retired as the new State Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The new Chief Executive Officer of RDB is Francis Gatare, an economist who until his latest appointment served as the Senior Economic Advisor in the President’s Office since 2021.