Claver Gatete

Ambassador
Claver Gatete
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Assumed office
6 October 2023
Appointed byAntónio Guterres
Preceded byVera Songwe
Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations
In office
28 March 2022 – 6 October 2023
Preceded byValentine Rugwabiza
Minister of Infrastructure
In office
6 April 2018 – 28 March 2022
PresidentPaul Kagame
Preceded byMusoni James
Succeeded byErnest Nsabimana
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning
In office
26 February 2013 – 6 April 2018
Succeeded byUzziel Ndagijimana
Personal details
Born (1962-05-23) 23 May 1962
CitizenshipRwandan
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia (BSc, MSc)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist
CabinetCabinet of Rwanda
PortfolioInfrastructure
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Claver Gatete (born 23 May 1962) is a Rwandan politician and diplomat who has been serving as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa since 2023.

From 2022 to 2023, Gatete was Rwanda's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He previously served as the Minister of Infrastructure in the Rwandan cabinet. Prior to his Cabinet appointment in April 2018, he served as Minister of Finance and Economic Planning from 2013 to 2018. He has previously served as the governor of the National Bank of Rwanda and as Rwanda's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Iceland.