Rwanda moves central bank governor in reshuffle
Rwandan President
Paul Kagame appointed the country’s central bank governor as minister
for trade and industry in his first reshuffle since being re-elected
with 93 per cent of the vote last year. Francois Kanimba, a former
World Bank senior economist who had been governor of the National Bank
of Rwanda since 2002, was replaced by his deputy Claver Gatete. Mr
Kagame, who has a firm grip on power in the central African country,
gave no reason for the reshuffle announced late on Friday. It had been
expected, however, because two ministerial posts recently became vacant.
Mr Kagame, who has been credited with rebuilding the country since
his rebel army swept to power and ended a 1994 genocide, last rejigged
his cabinet in December 2009.
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