# Aloisea Inyumba > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aloisea_Inyumba > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aloisea_Inyumba.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloisea_Inyumba > Source revision: 1345315063 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Rwandan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Aloisea Inyumba | birth_date = 28 December 1964 in [Uganda](/source/Uganda), | death_date = 6 December 2012 | death_place = her home in Kigali | spouse = late Dr Richard Masozera | native_name = | native_name_lang = | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Aloisea Inyumba.png | alt = | caption = Aloisea Inyumba at the UNCTAD XIII High Level Event on Women in Development, April 2012 | order = | office = Minister for Gender and Family Promotion | alma_mater = [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University) }} '''Aloisea Inyumba''' (28 December 1964 – 6 December 2012) was a [Rwanda](/source/Rwanda)n politician, who was the country's Minister for Gender and Family Promotion and as executive secretary of the [National Unity and Reconciliation Commission](/source/National_Unity_and_Reconciliation_Commission).{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/aloisea-inyumba-politician-who-played-a-key-role-in-the-rebuilding-of-rwanda-8527166.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311012945/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/aloisea-inyumba-politician-who-played-a-key-role-in-the-rebuilding-of-rwanda-8527166.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2013 |title=Aloisea Inyumba: Politician who played a key role in the rebuilding of Rwanda |work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent) |last=Melvern |first=Linda |date=8 March 2013 |access-date=15 October 2014 }} While studying social work and social administration at [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University) in [Uganda](/source/Uganda), she joined the [Rwandan Patriotic Front](/source/Rwandan_Patriotic_Front). The eulogy at her funeral was given by President [Paul Kagame](/source/Paul_Kagame). == Early life == Aloisea Inyumba was born on 28 December 1964 in [Uganda](/source/Uganda), to Rwandan born parents. She was born in the aftermath of the 1959 [Rwandan Revolution](/source/Rwandan_Revolution), which saw the creation of a republic dominated by the majority [Hutu](/source/Hutu), and persecution of the minority [Tutsi](/source/Tutsi).{{sfn|Prunier|1999|p=51}} While her parents were still living in Rwanda, and before she was born, her father was killed in a massacre of Tutsi; her mother escaped with her five siblings and the family fled to the safety of Uganda. Inyumba lived her childhood in Uganda, completing her schooling there, and then proceeded to [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University) in [Kampala](/source/Kampala), to study for a degree in social work and social administration. In 1985, she had her first meeting with [Paul Kagame](/source/Paul_Kagame),{{cite web |author=The New Times |date=10 December 2012 |title=Kagame pays last respects to late Inyumba |url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2012-12-10/60645/ |access-date=20 October 2016 |archive-date=21 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021005242/http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2012-12-10/60645/ |url-status=dead }} another Rwandan refugee who was at the time serving in the rebel army of [Yoweri Museveni](/source/Yoweri_Museveni).{{sfn|Kinzer|2008|pp=44–45}} One year later, Museveni took control of the country and promoted Kagame and fellow Rwandan [Fred Rwigyema](/source/Fred_Rwigyema) to officers in the country's national army.{{sfn|Kinzer|2008|pp=50–51}} Kagame and Rwigyema took these positions, but their ultimate goal was to return with force to their own country, in order to facilitate the return of the refugees.{{sfn|Kinzer|2008|pp=51–52}} Kagame and Rwigyema joined and took over the [Rwandan Patriotic Front](/source/Rwandan_Patriotic_Front),{{sfn|Kinzer|2008|pp=48–50}} a Rwandan liberation organisation, and Inyumba joined as well. == Political career == After the RPF military victory in July 1994, Inyumba was appointed into the newly formed transitional government. This government was headed by President [Pasteur Bizimungu](/source/Pasteur_Bizimungu), but the country was ''de facto'' led by [Paul Kagame](/source/Paul_Kagame).{{sfn|Prunier|1999|p=369}} She was appointed to the post of [Minister of Gender and Family Promotion](/source/Minister_of_Gender_and_Family_Promotion), and began a concerted programme to involve women in the rebuilding of Rwanda. In 2011, she was re-appointed to her previous role of Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, a role she held until her death in 2012. == Personal life and death == Inyumba was married to Dr [Richard Masozera](/source/Richard_Masozera), who is the former Director-General of [Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority](/source/Rwanda_Civil_Aviation_Authority) (RCAA).{{cite web |last=Rwirwahira |first=Rodrigue |date=14 December 2012 |title=Kagame leads nation in eulogising patriot and freedom fighter Inyumba |newspaper=The East African |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/Rwanda/News/Kagame-leads-nation-in-eulogising-Inyumba/1433218-1643938-2i719r/index.html |access-date=20 October 2016}} The pair began dating when they were both students at [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University) in Kampala. They had two children, a girl and a boy. Inyumba died on 6 December 2012 at her home in [Kigali](/source/Kigali).{{cite web |last=Musoni |first=Edwin |date=7 December 2012 |title=Minister Aloisea Inyumba dies at 48 |newspaper=The New Times |url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2012-12-07/60544/ |access-date=20 October 2016}} She had been suffering from throat cancer,{{cite web |last=Nsanzimana |first=Jean-Christophe |date=10 December 2012 |title=Aloisea Inyumba Laid to Rest |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201212110100.html |newspaper=Rwanda Focus |access-date=20 October 2016}} and had recently returned home after seeking treatment in [Germany](/source/Germany). Inyumba was granted a state funeral at the [Parliament of Rwanda](/source/Parliament_of_Rwanda) building in Kigali and her eulogy was delivered by the country's president, [Paul Kagame](/source/Paul_Kagame). Kagame described her as a selfless leader who was "a very good cadre and ideologically clear". Other speakers at the funeral included Cabinet Affairs minister [Protais Musoni](/source/Protais_Musoni) and the vice-governor of the [National Bank of Rwanda](/source/National_Bank_of_Rwanda), [Monique Nsanzabaganwa](/source/Monique_Nsanzabaganwa). == See also == * [Parliament of Rwanda](/source/Parliament_of_Rwanda) == References == {{reflist|3}} === Cited works === *{{cite book |last=Prunier |first=Gérard |year=1999 |title=The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide |edition=2nd |location=Kampala |publisher=Fountain Publishers Limited |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3aNPwAACAAJ |isbn=978-9970-02-089-8 }} *{{cite book |last=Kinzer |first=Stephen |year=2008 |title=A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed it |edition=Hardcover |location=Hoboken, N.J. |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=22QqTsY3CkgC |isbn=978-0-470-12015-6 }} == External links == {{Wikiquote}} * [https://www.parliament.gov.rw/index.php?id=2 Website of the Parliament of Rwanda] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Inyumba, Aloisea}} Category:1964 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Family ministers of Rwanda Category:Makerere University alumni Category:Women government ministers of Rwanda --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aloisea Inyumba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloisea_Inyumba) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloisea_Inyumba?action=history)). 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