Career
Gasana was a university professor before entering politics. Gasana was appointed as a Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government of Rwanda for the first time in 1993 and signed Rwanda"s accords with Tutsi rebels in Arusha, Tanzania. He was notable for blaming many of Rwanda"s problems on the United Nations, and denied that Rwanda was committing war crimes in Congo.
He remained Minister for Foreign Affairs until a February 1999 cabinet reshuffle.
He then became a minister in the office of the President until 2001, when he became Ambassador to the United Nations. He left that position in 2003 and has not held any major post since then