Vincent Biruta has served as Minister of Interior of the Republic of Rwanda since June 2024. From November 2019 until his current appointment, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Previously, he held several ministerial positions in the Government of Rwanda, including Minister of Health (1997-1999), Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communication (1999-2000), Minister of Education (2011-2014), Minister of Natural Resources (2014-2017), and Minister of Environment (2017-2019). He was President of the National Transition Assembly from 2000-2003 and President of the Senate of the Parliament of Rwanda from 2003-2011. Biruta is a physician and studied public health and nutrition at the Université Catholique de Louvain, as well as planning and management of health services in developing countries at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Photo credit: ©Government of the Republic of Rwanda, Office of the Prime Minister