Olivier Nduhungirehe | |
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![]() Olivier Nduhungirehe in 2025 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | |
Assumed office 12 June 2024 | |
President | Paul Kagame |
Preceded by | Vincent Biruta |
Rwandan Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
In office December 2015 –September 2017 | |
President | Paul Kagame |
Personal details | |
Born | Huye District,Rwanda | 13 September 1975
Political party | Rwandan Patriotic Front |
Olivier Jean Patrick Nduhungirehe (born 13 September 1975) is a Rwandan diplomat who has served as Foreign Minister of Rwanda since June 2024.
Born in Huye District,Rwanda, [1] Nduhungirehe served as Ambassador of Rwanda to the Netherlands from December 2015 to September 2017, [1] and from then to April 2020 as representative of the Foreign Ministry to the East African Community. He has also been a representative before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. [2]
In June 2024,Nduhungirehe replaced Vincent Biruta as Foreign Minister of Rwanda. [3]
Nduhungirehe speaks fluent Kinyarwanda,English,and French. [3]
During the Goma offensive in 2025,where M23 took the city of Goma,in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,Nduhungirehe urged a ceasefire,and called on DR Congo to negotiate with M23 rebels,whom the DR Congo considers as terrorists. [4] Nduhungirehe had previously accused DR Congo,in October 2024,of refusing to sign a deal to reduce fighting in Kivu. Nduhungirehe has maintained the official Rwandan position that Rwanda does not support M23. [5]
On 27 June 2025 he signed a peace agreement in Washington on behalf of Rwanda with the DRC's foreign minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner.
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