Manasseh Nshuti

Manasseh Nshuti is a Rwandan accountant, businessman, academic and politician. He served as Minister of State for East African Community Affairs in the Rwandan Cabinet from May 2020 to September 2023. He previously sat as the Chairman of University of Kigali (2013–2020).

From 2013 until 2020, Nshuti served as the Chairman of the University of Kigali, a private university that he helped found.

Political career Nshuti first served in the Cabinet of Rwanda from 2003 until 2005, as the Minister of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Cooperatives. He was transferred to the Ministry of Finance in 2005, to replace Donald Kaberuka, who was appointed President of the African Development Bank.

In 2006, he was appointed Minister of Public Service and Labor, serving there until 2008, when he was named as Senior Economic Advisor to the President of Rwanda. For a period, between 2008 and 2013, Nshuti served as Chairman of Crystal Ventures Limited, the business arm of the Rwandan military.

In May 2020, he took over the East African Community portfolio, replacing Olivier Nduhungirehe, who was fired from cabinet, on 10 April 2020, for "fronting his personal opinions before government policies..". It is his responsibility to lead efforts to restore normal relations with neighboring Uganda, which have deteriorated of the past two to three years.