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Ambassador
Claver Gatete
Ambassador Claver Gatete
Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 October 2023
Appointed by	António Guterres
Preceded by	Vera Songwe
Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations
	In office; 28 March 2022 – 6 October 2023
Preceded by	Valentine Rugwabiza
Minister of Infrastructure
	In office; 6 April 2018 – 28 March 2022
President	Paul Kagame
Preceded by	Musoni James
Succeeded by	Ernest Nsabimana
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning
	In office; 26 February 2013 – 6 April 2018
Succeeded by	Uzziel Ndagijimana
Personal details
Born	23 May 1962 (age 62); Mbarara, Uganda
Citizenship	Rwandan
Nationality	Rwanda
Residence	Kigali
Alma mater	University of British Columbia (BSc, MSc)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Economist
Cabinet	Cabinet of Rwanda
Portfolio	Infrastructure

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.^[1]

From 2022 to 2023, Gatete was Rwanda's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Early life and education

Claver Gatete was born in Mbarara, Uganda, on 23 May 1962, where he was raised and educated. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, awarded in 1991. His Master of Science, also in Agricultural Economics, was awarded in 1993, by the same university.^[4]

Career

Upon the completion of his university studies, Gatete worked in Canada as an economist between 1991 and 1997, and then worked as the national economist with the United Nations Development Programme in Rwanda until 2000.^[4]

In October 2001, Gatete joined the office of the president as the president's personal representative to NEPAD's Steering Committee. He concurrently served as the Coordinator of the National African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and as a Member of the NEPAD's African Partnership Forum (APF), until November 2003.^[5]

For a period of two years, from November 2003 until November 2005, he served as the Secretary to the Treasury, in the Finance and Economic Planning ministry.^[4]^[5]

From November 2005 until December 2009, Gatete was Rwanda's ambassador to the UK, Ireland and Iceland, before joining the National Bank of Rwanda as the deputy governor. He then served as the governor of the National Bank of Rwanda from May 2011,^[6]^[7] before his appointment as the Minister of Finance.^[4]^[5]

He was appointed Minister of Infrastructure in April 2018, replacing James Musoni.^[8] He was replaced as Minister of Finance of Rwanda by Uzziel Ndagijimana.^[9]