Pamela Mbabazi

Pamela Kasabiiti Mbabazi (née Pamela Kasabiiti on 6 April 1969) is a Ugandan university professor, academic, and academic administrator, who currently serves as the Chairperson of the National Planning Authority of Uganda (NPA)She was installed in that position in April 2019, to serve a five-year term, renewable one time. Her Chairperson role was renewed in 2024 to serve for another 5 years as NPA Chairperson.

She previously served as the deputy vice-chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). She was appointed to that position in 2010, for a renewable five-year term.

Background and education Mbabazi was born Pamela Kasabiiti, in Mbarara, Uganda, on 6 April 1969. She attended elementary schools in the Mbarara metropolitan area, before transferring to Kigezi High School for her O-Level studies. She moved to Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School in Bushenyi for her A-Level education.

Work experience Since 1998, Mbabazi has served as the dean of the Faculty of Development Studies at Mbarara University. She is credited for setting up the faculty and developing curricula for the degree courses in development studies and business administration. The faculty has now been amalgamated into the university's Institute of Management Science. In 2010, she was appointed as deputy vice chancellor at MUST, replacing Jonathan Baranga who returned to the Faculty of Science. In April 2019, she was sworn in as the new Chairperson of the National Planning Authority of Uganda, replacing Prof. Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, who served in that role from 2008 until 2018.

Personal life Mbabazi is married to Ivan Mbabazi Batuma. Together, they are the parents of two children.