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Louise Mushikiwabo
born 1961
Secretary-General of the Francophonie
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Why they are here
Rwanda's foreign minister for nine years, and since 2018 Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie — leading the French-speaking world's institution from a country that switched its official language to English.
Louise Mushikiwabo is a Rwandan politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2009 to 2018.
She was elected the fourth Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie at its Yerevan summit in October 2018 and re-elected at Djerba in November 2022 — a striking appointment, given Rwanda had by then moved its official language and education system from French to English.
She was elected the fourth Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie at its Yerevan summit in October 2018 and re-elected at Djerba in November 2022 — a striking appointment, given Rwanda had by then moved its official language and education system from French to English.
- Wikipedia — Louise Mushikiwabo
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie — Louise Mushikiwabo
- Campus France — Francophonie: Rwandan Louise Mushikiwabo takes office as Secretary-General
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