Diane Gashumba

Diane Gashumba is a Rwandan pediatrician, medical administrator, politician, diplomat and Rwandan Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden since June 12, 2021. She served as Minister of Health in the cabinet of Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente. She was appointed to that position on 4 October 2016.

Before that, from 26 March 2016 until 4 October 2016, Gashumba served as the Cabinet Minister of Gender and Family Promotion in the cabinet of Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi.

Background and education Gashumba holds a Doctor of Medicine (MD) and a Master of Medicine (MMed), specializing in Pediatrics.

Left to R: Uganda's Margaret M. Otteskov, Angeline Kavindu Musili, MBS, Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the Nordics and Baltics; Gashumba, Sylvia Naa Adaawa Annoh, Ambassador of Ghana to Denmark & Sweden; and Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, Ambassador of Zimbabwe to the Nordics. In October 2024 she participated in the Nordic-African Women’s Health Forum organised by the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions. She discussed "delivering for women’s and children’s well-being" with other delegates who included other notable ambassadors including Uganda's Margaret M. Otteskov and Zimbabwe's Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga.

Other activities RBM Partnership to End Malaria, Member of the Board (since 2019)