Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (Rwanda) explained

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN, Kinyarwanda: Minisiteri y'Imari n'Igenamigambi, French: Ministère des Finances et de la Planification économique^[1]) is a government ministry of the Republic of Rwanda; the current Minister of Finance and Economic Planning is Yusuf Murangwa. The Ministry is located in the Nyarugenge district of Kigali, close to the city centre.^[2]

Operations

The responsibilities of the Ministry include preparing and presenting the national budget; managing the Treasury and the National Bank of Rwanda; and national economic planning.

The institutional purview of the Ministry includes the School of Finance and Banking in Kigali and the Rwanda Revenue Authority.

The Ministry's Public Relations Office publishes an informational newsmagazine, the Minecofin Magazine.

Ministers of Finance

• Gaspard Cyimana, October 1960 – June 1968^[3]
• Fidèle Nzanana, June 1968 – july 1973
• Bonaventure Ntibitura, July 1973 – August 1973
• Jean-Chrysostome Nduhungirehe, August 1973 – June 1975
• Denys Ntirugirimbabazi, June 1975 – March 1981
• Jean-Damascene Hategikimana, March 1981 – April 1987
• Vincent Ruhamanya, April 1987 - January 1989
• Bénoit Ntigurirwa, January 1989 – December 1991
• Enoch Ruhigira, December 1991 – April 1992
• Marc Rugenera, April 1992 – April 1994
• Emmanuel Ndindabahizi, April 1994 – July 1994
• Marc Rugenera, 1994 – 1997^[4]
• Jean-Berchmans Birara, 1997^[5]
• Donald Kaberuka, 1997 – 2005
• Manasseh Nshuti, 2005 – 2006
• James Musoni, 2006 – 2009
• John Rwagombwa, 2009 – 2013
• Claver Gatete, 2013 – 2018
• Uzziel Ndagijimana, 2018 – 2024^[6]
• Yusuf Murangwa, 2024-

External links

• Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
• School of Finance and Banking
• Minecofin Magazine

Notes and References

1. "MinisterialOrderonMicrofinanceTaxextension.pdf." (Archive) Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. p. Official Gazette no 33 of 15/08/2011. Retrieved on 26 February 2013.
2. "Map.jpg." Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. Retrieved on 26 February 2013.
3. http://kwibuka.minecofin.gov.rw/images/MINECOFIN%20-%20Report_English%20Online.pdf
4. http://www.effective-states.org/wp-content/uploads/working_papers/final-pdfs/esid_wp_120_chemouni_POE.pdf
5. Book: The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996-2006. 9780521111287. Reyntjens. Filip. 24 August 2009. Cambridge University Press .
6. Web site: Rwanda appoints new finance, foreign ministers . Reuters. 13 June 2024.