[1] He also served as Rwandan ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] to Belgium[3] and to the European Union.
[4] Rugira was a member of the Republican Democratic Movement until 2002 when the party was dissolved.
Rugira served as a director in various offices including in the office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Central Bank and at the Rwandan Development Bank.
[citation needed] He was promoted to the rank of permanent secretary and deployed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being appointed Rwandan ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[6] He was redeployed from Congo to European Union and Belgium as an envoy.