Claudine Uwera

Claudine Uwera
Senior Strategic Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister of Rwanda
Assumed office
9 November 2024
Minister of State for the Environment
In office
22 August 2023 – 16 August 2024
PresidentPaul Kagame
Prime MinisterÉdouard Ngirente
Minister of State in charge of Economic Planning
In office
6 April 2018 – 22 August 2023
PresidentPaul Kagame
Prime MinisterÉdouard Ngirente
Personal details
Born (1976-01-27) January 27, 1976
Rwanda
Alma materUniversity of Gothenburg (PhD, Environmental Economics)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist
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Claudine Uwera (born 27 January 1976) is a Rwandan Politician and Economist.  She currently serves as “Senior Strategic Advisor” in the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic Rwanda, since Nov.9, 2024.  

Prior to the appointment, she served as Minister of State for the Environment in the Ministry of Environment in Rwanda, from August 22, 2023 to August 16, 2024. She previously served as Minister of State in charge of Economic Planning in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in Rwanda, from April 6, 2018 to August 22, 2023.

From 2015 to 2018, Claudine Uwera was the National Coordinator of the “Rwanda Natural Capital Accounting Program” under “WAVES”; a World Bank-led global partnership that is part of the Global Program for Sustainability.