Madeleine Ayinkamiye

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Madeleine Ayinkamiye was a Rwandan politician. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs in 1964, making her the first female cabinet minister in Rwanda.[1]

Ayinkamiye served in ministerial office from 6 January 1964 to 8 November 1965.[2] She was the only woman government minister in Rwanda between Rwanda's independence in 1962 and April 1992.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Swanee Hunt (2017). Rwandan Women Rising. Duke University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-8223-7356-8.
  2. ^ François-Xavier Munyarugerero (2003). Réseaux, pouvoirs, oppositions: la compétition politique au Rwanda. L'Harmattan. pp. 103–4. ISBN 978-2-7475-3610-3.
  3. ^ Jean-Marie Kamatali; Josephine Dawuni; Gretchen Bauer (2015). "Rwanda: Balancing Gender Quotas and an Independent Judiciary". Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From Obscurity to Parity?. Taylor & Francis. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-317-51648-4.