Agnes Mukabaranga

[2] Mukabaranga was appointed an inaugural member of the transitional National Assembly,[3] which was set up following the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and was loosely based on the Arusha Accords agreed the previous year.

[4] In 2003, a new permanent constitution was approved for the country in a referendum, which established a multi-party state with a bicameral parliament consisting of a senate and a chamber of deputies.

[5] Mukabaranga was appointed to the new senate following the election of Paul Kagame as the first president under the new constitution.

[2] In 2013, having previously left the senate, Mukabaranga was elected for a six month term as the spokesperson for the National Consultative Forum for Political Parties, a role she held jointly with a nurse and political newcomer, Sylvie Mpongera of the Rwanda Socialist Party (PSR).

[3] Agnes Mukabaranga lost her brothers in the Rwandan genocide, and is a mother to four children.