Background
Silas Lwakabamba was born and educated in Tanzania.
Minister of Education of Rwanda
Silas Lwakabamba was born and educated in Tanzania.
He went to the University of Leeds in England where he studied engineering, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1971 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1975.
He subsequently returned to Tanzania where he joined the staff of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam. In 1997, Silas Lwakabamba became the founding Rector of Rwanda’s Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, and in 2006, he was appointed the Rector of the National University of Rwanda, the largest public institution of higher learning in the country. He occupied this position until his appointment in February 2013 as Minister of Infrastructure in the Cabinet of the Rwandan government and as the Minister of Education of Rwanda since July 2014 until June 24, 2015.