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Biography
Francine Tumushime, is a Rwandan politician who has served as the cabinet minister of Lands and Forestry (Minilaf), since 31 August 2017.
Background
Tumusiime is a Rwandan citizen who has been part of the Rwandan civil service as early as 2012.
Career
For a period going back at least since 2012, until March 2016, Francine Tumushime served as the Director of Community Development and Social Services in the Rwanda Ministry of Local Government (Minaloc). When she left Minaloc on 3 May 2016, she was replaced by Sheikh Hassa Bahame. On 31 August 2017, she was sworn in as the cabinet minister of lands and forestry. The lands and forestry docket was created out of the ministry of natural resources, in August 2017, making the ministry of environment an independent docket of its own and disbanding the ministry of natural resources.