{{short description|Rwandan lawyer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = His Excellency | name = Johnston Busingye | image = Meeting with the Minister of Justice, Mr. Johnston Busingye - 12451532685 (cropped Johnston Busingye).jpg | image_size = | caption = Johnston Busingye (2014) | birth_date = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = '''Makerere University'''<br/>{{small|(Bachelor of Laws)}}<br/>'''Law Development Centre'''<br/>{{small|(Diploma in Legal Practice)}}<br/>'''Harvard Kennedy School'''<br/>{{small|(Diploma in Governance)}} | occupation = Politician, lawyer | years_active = 1989–present | citizenship = Rwandan | known_for = The law, politics | title = High Commissioner of Rwanda to the United Kingdom | spouse = }}
'''Johnston Busingye''' is a Rwandan lawyer, who is the current High Commissioner of Rwanda to the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=High Commissioner Johnston Busingye presents his credentials to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |url=https://www.rwandainuk.gov.rw/info/high-commissioner-johnston-busingye-presents-his-credentials-to-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.rwandainuk.gov.rw |language=en-GB}}</ref> Previously, he served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, from 2013 to 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.minijust.gov.rw/about-us/minister-of-justiceag/ | title=Busingye Johnston is the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Republic of Rwanda | access-date=7 August 2017 | date=7 August 2017 | publisher=Rwanda Ministry of Justice (Minijust) | location=Kigali | author=Minijust | archive-date=7 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807013354/http://www.minijust.gov.rw/about-us/minister-of-justiceag/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Background and education== He has a Bachelor of Laws, obtained from Makerere University. He also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice, awarded by the Law Development Centre in Kampala.
==Career== Johnston Busingye has held many positions in the Rwandan government and Rwandan judiciary. from 2006 until 2013, he served as the President of the High Court of Rwanda. Other responsibilities in the past, include as the National Prosecutor of Rwanda, as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice(Minijust), and as Principal Judge of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ).{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} In his capacity as Minister of Justice, he announced in July 2014, the decision by the government of Rwanda, not to become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greatlakesvoice.com/rwanda-will-not-join-rome-statute-justice-minister/ |title=Rwanda will not join Rome statute—Justice Minister | access-date=7 September 2017 | date=31 July 2014 | first=Robert | last=Mugabe |publisher=Great Lakes Voice |location=Kigali}}</ref>
==See also== *Cabinet of Rwanda
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==External links== *[http://www.minijust.gov.rw/ Website of the Rwanda Ministry of Justice]
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