- Daphrosa Gahakwa
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Dr Daphrosa Gahakwa is a Rwandan politician, formerly Minister of Education.
Gahakwa grew up in Uganda, and graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelor of Science in 1996. She went on to earn an MSc in plant breeding (1996) and PhD (2001) from the University of East Anglia in England.[1] Her PhD was entitled "Molecular and Biochemical Studies of Transgene expression in Rice and Maize". She was appointed Minister of Education following a cabinet reshuffle in March 2008, having previously been Minister of State for Agriculture. In July 2009, she was replaced as Minister of Education by Charles Murigande.[2]
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- ^ "Republic of Rwanda - Ministry of Education". http://www.mineduc.gov.rw/spip.php?article14. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
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