Diane Gashumba | |
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Cabinet Minister of Health Rwandan Cabinet | |
In office October 4, 2016 –14 February 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Édouard Ngirente |
Preceded by | Agnes Binagwaho |
Succeeded by | Daniel Ngamije |
Personal details | |
Born | Rwanda |
Citizenship | Rwanda |
Residence(s) | Kigali,Rwanda |
Education | Doctor of Medicine Master of Medicine in Pediatrics |
Occupation | Pediatrician,medical administrator,politician,diplomat |
Known for | Public service |
Diane Gashumba is a Rwandan pediatrician,medical administrator,politician,diplomat and Rwandan Ambassador-designate to the Kingdom of Sweden since June 12,2021. She served as Minister of Health in the cabinet of Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente. [1] She was appointed to that position on 4 October 2016. [2] [3]
Before that,from 26 March 2016 until 4 October 2016,Gashumba served as the Cabinet Minister of Gender and Family Promotion in the cabinet of Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi. [3] [4]
Gashumba holds a Doctor of Medicine (MD) and a Master of Medicine (MMed),specializing in Pediatrics. [3]
According to the website of the Rwandan ministry of health,Gashumba had been practicing medicine for 17 years as of 2016. For a period of three years she served as the medical director of Kibagabaga Hospital and Muhima Hospitals. [3] [4] Between 2010 and 2016,she worked with a USAID-funded child and maternal health project as "Senior Team Leader" for quality and as "Deputy Chief of Party" The $57.3 million project covered 23 of Rwanda's 30 districts. [3]
Since 2018,Gashumba has been serving on the joint World Bank/WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB),co-chaired by Elhadj As Sy and Gro Harlem Brundtland. [5]
In October 2024 she participated in the Nordic-African Women’s Health Forum organised by the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions. She discussed "delivering for women’s and children’s well-being" with other delegates who included other notable ambassadors including Uganda's Margaret M. Otteskov and Zimbabwe's Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga. [6]