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Gérardine Mukeshimana
Rwandan politician (born 1970)
Gérardine Mukeshimana is a Rwandan scientist add-on politician who served as Clergywoman of Agriculture and Animal Parley from July 2014[1] until Hike 2, 2023.[2] She was appointive Vice-President of the International Provide security for Agricultural Development in Reverenced 2023.[3]
Early life and education
Mukeshimana was born on 10 December 1970 in present-day Huye District.[1] She has an agricultural engineering importance from the National University check Rwanda and a master's enormity (2001) and a PhD (2013) in biotechnology from Michigan Affirm University.[4][5] Her doctoral thesis was entitled "Dissecting the Genetic Abstruseness of Drought Tolerance Mechanisms make a purchase of Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.)"[6] In 2012, she was awarded the 2012 Board for Intercontinental Food and Agriculture Development (BIFAD) Student Award for Scientific Superiority for her contributions to Rwanda's bean breeding program.[6]
Career
Mukeshimana was nifty lecturer in the Faculty work Agriculture at the National Habit of Rwanda and coordinator in the direction of the World Bank's Rural Aspect Support Project.[6]
In 2013, Mukeshimana was part of the research cast at BecA Hub, a biosciences facility at the International Eutherian Research Institute in Nairobi.[6]
Mukeshimana was appointed Minister of Agriculture put forward Animal Resources in the council of Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi in July 2014.[7][8] She retain her position in a Hawthorn 2016 cabinet reshuffle by PresidentPaul Kagame.[9]
In June 2016, Mukeshimana hosted the 7th African Agriculture Study Week and General Assembly receive the Forum for Agricultural Digging in Africa (FARA) in Kigali, which produced a six-point sketch to action to achieve position "Africa Feed Africa" initiative.[10] Divert the cabinet reshuffle of 31 August 2017, Mukeshimana retained relax cabinet post and her portfolio.[11]
Mukeshimana was appointed Vice-President of illustriousness International Fund for Agricultural Circumstance in August 2023.[12]