Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana

Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana is a politician who served as minister of transport in Burundi, then was elected senator for the Kirundo Province, Burundi in 2020.

Background

Ntunzwenimana was born in 1972. He is an engineer by profession.

Minister

On 25 August 2015 President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his cabinet, most of whom were hardline members of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD). Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana was appointed minister of transport, Public Works and Equipment. On 10 December 2015 Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana was named director general of the National Road Fund.

In April 2017 Ntunzwenimana said the Ministry of Transport would suspend a disputed requirement that bicycle taxi riders had to buy number plates. In June 2018 Ntunzwenimana asked for cancellation of a formal notice to beneficiaries of plots granted by the state who had failed to develop them before the deadline. The director general of urban planning had issued these notices incorrectly. In August 2019 Ntunzwenimana urged youth of Kayanza Province to ignore rumours in the run-up to the 2020 elections, whatever their political views.

On 3 April 2020 Ntunzwenimana announced renewal of the suspension of international commercial flights to or from Melchior Ndadaye International Airport to prevent spread of COVID-19. On 7 April 2020 Ntunzwenimana signed a memorandum of understanding on road safety with the Burundi Red Cross. This covered items such as proivision of first aid kits in public vehicles and helping members of the public receive first aid quickly in the event of an accident. to discuss construction of a standard gauge railway from Uvinza, Kigoma in Tanzania, via Musongati in Burundi to Kindu in the DRC. The meeting was convened by the executive secretary of the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) Secretariat.

Senator

In 2020 Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana was elected Tutsi Senator for Kirundo Province. In the distribution of senators to standing committees on 1 October 2020, Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana was a member of the Standing committee on political, diplomatic, defense and security issues.