Jeanne d'Arc Kagayo

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Jeanne d'Arc Kagayo (born c. 1963) is a Burundian politician and educator. She served as Burundi's minister of the presidency for good governance from 2018 to 2020.[1]

After a career as a school principal, she became involved in politics, joining the Green Party-Intwari after the Arusha Accords put an end to the Burundian Civil War. As a member of the Amizero y’Abarundi coalition, she was named minister of communal development in 2015, then minister of good governance in 2018.

Career[]

Jeanne d'Arc Kagayo studied at the teachers training school in Kanyinya, in Burundi's Kirundo province. She then studied at l'Institut Supérieur de Contrôle et de Gestion, whose director, , would later recruit her to his Green Party-Intwari.

She worked for several years as a primary school teacher and then principal in Kirundo. In 1994, she moved to the Bujumbura area, where she taught in Kinindo before again becoming a principal.[2]

In 2000, Kagayo was elected to the National Assembly of Burundi.

Five years later, amid internal struggles in the entirely Tutsi Green Party-Intwari, her party faced a bitter failure in municipal elections and decided to ally itself with the Hutu National Forces of Liberation party, led by Agathon Rwasa. The coalition was dubbed Amizero y’Abarundi.[3][2]

She was named minister of communal development in 2015, then minister of the presidency for good governance on April 17, 2018.[2][4]

In June 2020, President Évariste Ndayishimiye announced a slimmed-down cabinet that did not include the portfolio previously held by Kagayo.[5][6]

Personal life[]

A widow, Kagayo has six children and at least two grandchildren. She is a practicing Catholic.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Harerimana, Égide (2019-09-04). "Burundi achieved positive results in combating corruption, says Good Governance Minister". IWACU English News. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Ngabire, Elyse (2015-09-17). "Portraits : le camp Rwasa au gouvernement". Iwacu (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  3. ^ "Toujours du Rififi au parti Vert-Intwari". Net Press (in French). 2005-05-17. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  4. ^ "Burundi : Gouvernements". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  5. ^ AFP-Agence France Presse (2020-06-29). "Burundi Unveils Cabinet Dominated By Hardliners". Barrons. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  6. ^ "Women occupy 30% of Burundi's new cabinet". Africa News. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
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