Mbaranga Gasarabwe (born 1959) is a Rwandan diplomat who served as Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and Resident Coordinator[1] in Mali from 2015 until 2021.
She obtained a master's degree in management and business administration from Hult International Business School (at the time known as the Arthur D. Little School of Management) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Gasarabwe joined the UN in 1991 and has held a number of position in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York City, including Chief of Division ad interim for Eastern and Central Africa.
From 2011 until 2015, Gasarabwe was the inaugural Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security for the United Nations.
In this position, she was responsible for managing the department and reports to the Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Peter Thomas Drennan.