Board of Directors

Dr GAKWENZIRE Philibert

President

Philibert Gakwenzire holds a PhD in History, History of Art and Archeology obtained from the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), in Belgium in January 2017. Since January 2019, he is a Senior Lecturer-Researcher at the University of Rwanda-College of Education. Previously, he was at the University of Kibungo (UNIK) from 2006 For his current research, he deepens several themes from his thesis. In 2019, he was awarded the Atlas scholarship supported by IFRA (French Institute for Research in Africa and FMSH (Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Foundation) to carry out his postdoctoral research at the University of Nanterre in Paris where he stayed from September to December 2019. In the same vein, Philibert Gakwenzire obtained a postdoctoral grant from ARES (Academy for Research and Higher Education) for research he conducted from January to July 2023 at ULB. His research projects focus on colonial elite who participated in the process of granting independence to the Territory of Rwanda. He is particularly interested on their memoirs. Almost all his publications, studies and lectures are about the genocide against the Tutsi. Apart from the academic and scientific responsibilities, he is engaged in servicing the community in whole. It is in this regard, he is President of IBUKA, an organization created by and with survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Hon. MUHONGAYIRE Christine

1st Vice President

Eng. NDIZIHIWE Blaise

2nd Vice President

𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑵𝑫𝑰𝒁𝑰𝑯𝑰𝑾𝑬 𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 2𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝑰𝑩𝑼𝑲𝑨 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑵𝑫𝑰𝒁𝑰𝑯𝑰𝑾𝑬 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅-𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 1994 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂’𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒍. 𝑨𝒔 2𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝑩𝑼𝑲𝑨 𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒔. 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒆-𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝑬𝑹𝑮 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 2021 𝒕𝒐 2024. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆, 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒓-𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 (𝑬𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈) 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝑬𝑶 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝑳𝒕𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝑹𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂.

MUJYAMBERE Louis de Montfort

Secretary General

Mujyambere Louis de Montfort is a distinguished banker, consultant, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of service in Rwanda's financial sector and a lifelong commitment to genocide survivors' advocacy. A pioneering voice in Rwanda's genocide survivors' organizations, Montfort played a foundational role in AERG at KIST (1999-2002), providing leadership and support to fellow survivor students. In 2003, he co-founded GAERG, serving as its first Vice President and later as President, helping establish sustainable support structures for survivors across Rwanda. Following his election as 1st Vice President of IBUKA in 2022, Montfort assumed the role of Secretary General in 2024 after the historic merger of IBUKA, AERG, and GAERG. He is now Board member of the unified organization, advocating for survivors' rights nationally and internationally while preserving genocide memory and promoting justice. Montfort holds an MBA from Maastricht School of Business (2013) and a BBA from KIST (2002). He serves on multiple corporate boards and holds leadership positions within the Private Sector Federation, bridging his financial expertise with his dedication to social justice and Rwanda's development.

NDATSIKIRA Evode

Commissioner – Research, Development, Capacity Building and Investment

Me BAYINGANA Janvier

Commissioner – Memory & Resilience, Justice & Peacebuilding

MPINGANZIMA Aline Benigne

Commissioner – Youth, Education & Culture

Aline Benigne MPINGANZIMA is an MBA graduate in Project Management and currently serves as the Commissioner for Youth, Education, and Culture at IBUKA, where she contributes to programs that empower young people, promote education, and strengthen cultural identity. Professionally, Aline works in the mining sector within the Operations Department and has also developed strong experience in Finance and Administration, enhancing her ability to manage programs and organizational resources effectively. Since February 2020, she has held senior youth leadership roles at the provincial level and was recently elected to lead youth initiatives at the district level. Earlier in her career, she served as a provincial youth leader and later as Commissioner for Good Governance at the Rwanda National Youth Council until 2021. Aline also demonstrated leadership in higher education as Guild President at the University of Kigali from 2016 to 2019, representing students and promoting leadership and development initiatives. Additionally, from 2017 to 2022, she served as Commissioner in charge of the Hall of Fame at the Rwanda National Students Association (INTAGAMBURUZWA). She remains committed to youth empowerment, ethical leadership, and community-driven development.

GAHONGAYIRE Monique

Commissioner – Health, Livelihoods & Gender Promotion

Mr. Jonathan S. GATERA

Advisor