Bernard Makuza

Infobox Prime Minister


name =
| order = Prime Minister of Rwanda
president = Pasteur Bizimungu
Paul Kagame
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term_start = 08 March 2000
term_end =
predecessor = Pierre-Célestin Rwigema
successor =
birth_date = 1961
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party = None

Bernard Makuza (born 1961) is the current Prime Minister of Rwanda. He has been Prime Minister since 8 March 2000. An ethnic Hutu, Makuza was a member of the Democratic Republican Movement (MDR) before allegations were made that the party promoted genocide. He resigned membership before being appointed Prime Minister, and now claims to belong to no party.cite web |url=http://www.rwandagateway.org/article.php3?id_article=3354&var_recherche=makuza |title=I belong to no political party- Makuza |accessmonthday=April 15 |accessyear=2007 |author=Edwin Musoni |date=October 23 2006 |publisher=The New Times]

Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he was the Rwandan ambassador to Burundi, and then immediately before his appointment to Prime Minister, ambassador to Germany.cite web |url=http://www.primature.gov.rw/pm.htm |title=Office of the Prime Minister |accessmonthday=April 15 |accessyear=2007 |publisher=Rwanda] Makuza was appointed by former president Pasteur Bizimungu after the resignation of former prime minister Pierre-Célestin Rwigema, who had been heavily criticized in the Rwandan press and by other parliamentarians. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/670985.stm New Rwandan prime minister named] , "BBC News", March 8 2000]

He remained at the head of a new government named on March 8 2008, which was composed of 21 ministers and six secretaries of state. [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?art_cle=43280 "Remaniement ministériel au Rwanda, Makuza reste Premier ministre"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), March 8, 2008 fr icon.]

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