Antoinette Batumubwira

Antoinette Batumubwira (born 1956, in Ngozi, Burundi) is a Burundian politician. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burundi from 2005 to 2009. She is divorced to former foreign minister Jean-Marie Ngendahayo.

Life Batumubwira was born on 1956, in Ngozi, which was then part of Ruanda-Urundi. She was born into a prominent Tutsi family. From 1979 to 1981 she completed her undergraduate studies, and afterwards worked as a journalist for the newspaper "La Voix de la Révolution du Burundi" while earning her master's degree in communications.

In late 2007, Batumubwira was named as a candidate to succeed Alpha Oumar Konaré as Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union in the election for that post in early 2008. The government tried to obtain the support of other African countries for her candidacy, and African Great Lakes nations pledged that they would support her; however, the government later withdrew her candidacy and backed Jean Ping of Gabon.