James Musoni
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| birth_place = Rwanda
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| alma_mater = Newport International University
{{small|(Master of Business Administration)}}
Makerere University
{{small|(Bachelor of Commerce)}}
Harvard Kennedy School
{{small|(Certificate in Public Finance Management)}}
| occupation = Government official
| years_active = 1994 — present
| nationality = Rwandan
| citizenship = Rwandan
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James Musoni is a Rwandan politician; since 2018 the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to the Republic of Zimbabwe.{{cite web| url=http://ktpress.rw/2018/04/minister-james-musoni-dropped-in-mini-cabinet-reshuffle/ | title=Minister James Musoni Dropped In Mini Cabinet Reshuffle | date=6 April 2018 |accessdate=6 April 2018 |publisher=Kt Press) | author=Jean de la Croix |location=Kigali}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/rwanda-zimbabwe-atrocities-genocide-gukurahundi-harare-clean-up-peace-love/4864073.html|title=Rwanda Ambassador to Zimbabwe Says Peace, Unity Key in Curbing State Atrocities|website=VOA|date=5 April 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@david.himbara_27884/kagame-has-recycled-james-musoni-eight-months-after-musoni-was-dismissed-from-cabinet-4ca60bbc66b1|title=Kagame Has Rehabilitated James Musoni — Eight Months After Musoni Was Dismissed From Cabinet|first=David|last=Himbara|date=December 24, 2018|website=Medium}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zbc.co.zw/rwanda-to-host-5th-transform-africa-summit/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510131723/http://www.zbc.co.zw/rwanda-to-host-5th-transform-africa-summit/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2019|title=ZBC}}
Early life and education
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Career
James Musoni has served in the following offices:
- Minister of Infrastructure (2014-2018);{{cite web| url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/761/ |title=CID questions James Musoni |accessdate=6 September 2017 | date=16 August 2007 | location=Kigali|author=New Times Reporter | newspaper=New Times (Rwanda)}}
- Minister of Local Government (2009-2014)
- Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (2006-2009)http://www.effective-states.org/wp-content/uploads/working_papers/final-pdfs/esid_wp_120_chemouni_POE.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
- Minister of Commerce, Industry, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Cooperatives (2005-2006){{cn|date=March 2025}}
- Minister of State in charge of Investment promotion and Industries.(2005){{cn|date=March 2025}}
- Commissioner General of Rwanda Revenue Authority (2001-2005){{cn|date=March 2025}}
- Deputy commissioner General of Rwanda Revenue Authority (2000){{cn|date=March 2025}}
- Director of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (1994-2000){{cn|date=March 2025}}
- A member of Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) (2008-2018){{cn|date=March 2025}}
He has been part[{{when|date=March 2025}} of the team that spearheaded and guided a number of reforms{{which|date=March 2025}} in Rwanda that have contributed to the country's good performance in socio-economic and political transformation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.africanbusinesscentral.com/news/james-musoni/|title=James Musoni News | James Musoni Business News|website=www.africanbusinesscentral.com|access-date=2019-07-21|archive-date=2019-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721203402/https://www.africanbusinesscentral.com/news/james-musoni/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/rwanda/publication/leveraging-urbanization-for-rwandas-economic-transformation|title=Leveraging Urbanization for Rwanda's Economic Transformation|website=World Bank}}https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/rwanda_2007_en.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
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Category:Rwandan civil servants
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