Her Excellency Mukabalisa Donatille

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of Rwanda

Her Excellency Mukabalisa Donatille, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of Rwanda is Rwandese by nationality. She has a great experience in political affairs. She also worked in the private sector as well as in the United Nations system.

Since 1981 to 1998, she worked for the United Nations Development Program in Kigali in various positions. Before joining Parliamentary activities in 2000, she was an independent Consultant in projects’ management. Since July 2000, she was a Member of the Rwanda National Transitional Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Economy and Trade up to 2003.

In 2003 there were general parliamentary elections and she was elected Member of the Chamber of Deputies on the list of the Liberal Party and was elected Deputy Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Political Affairs and Gender.

Since October 2011, she was a Senator, Deputy Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Political Affairs and Good Governance (Upper Chamber).

On 4th October 2013, she was elected as Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies/Parliament of Rwanda and reelected on 19th September 2018.