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Yamina Claris Karitsnyi is the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from Rwanda and non-resident Ambassador to Ireland. [1] She presented her credentials January 9, 2016.
Before being posted in London, Karitanyi was in charge of the Tourism and Conservation portfolios at the Rwanda Development Board (RDB). [1] She became High Commissioner to Kenya in 2012. [1]
From Buffalo State College in New York, in 1998 Karitanyi earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Studies. Her MBA is from the Rochester Institute of Technology. [2]
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