Ambassador yamina karitanyi biography

\u201cAs we fight the terrible threat of genocide ideology and denial, let us continue rebuilding Rwanda and ourselves, and let us do it with the dignified spirit of determination, unity and reconciliation that defines us as a people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\r\n

Speaking at the event, the Mayor of Newcastle, Ian Graham, expressed his support for the people of Rwanda and the survivors of the Genocide and commended initiatives that welcome and support survivors, as well raise awareness about Genocide and the impact it has on people.<\/p>\r\n

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Diplomatic mission

The High Commission of Rwanda in London is the diplomatic mission of Rwanda in the United Kingdom and also the home of the Rwanda diplomatic mission to Ireland. The High Commission is located at 120 to 122 Seymour Place, London, near to Marylebone and Baker Street underground stations.

The High Commission provides consular services to Rwandan citizens living in the UK and Ireland including passport applications, marriage registration, emergency travel documents and police clearance certificates. For UK citizens, the High Commission can provide visa services and travel documents, press accreditation and permission to film in the country, along with information on Rwanda and its people.

The High Commissioner-Designate for Rwanda to the UK (and non-resident Ambassador Designate to Ireland) is Johnston Busingye, who was selected to succeed Ambassador Yamina Karitanyi in August 2021.

Gallery

• Decorated doors of the High Commission

• Plaque outside the High Commission

• The embassy in 2013

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Sometimes you meet someone and instantly know that you will be friends for life. That you have met someone authentic, and someone that truly cares. That describes perfectly one Yamina Karitanyi, a Rwandan forced to grow up outside of her own country. Well, today Yamina, pictured here, works for my hero Ambassador Andrew Young at Goodworks International, where Ambassador Young serves as chairman. As you can see from this candid photo from our trip to Rwanda, she not only works for him, she genuinely cares about his well being (just look at how her care evidences itself standing next to him) and made sure he was well cared for during our entire trip. She is also, as I later found out during our incredible trip throughout the whole of Rwanda, a brave survivor of sorts of the genocide there.

You see, 97 members of Yamina’s extended family were killed as part of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. I found this out by accident, in passing during a casual conversation, but also because Yamina seems so, well, "normal"…whatever that means.

Yes, it still hurts, and we talked about that, but in the normal course of a day or week you would never know it from her. Yamina never makes others pay the price of her personal pain. She wears it with grace and dignity that says "I will not let the past define my or my family’s future." Yamina is a new mother this year, and after spending quality time with her I can only say that her child could not be more blessed to have Yamina as a mother. Frankly, Ambassador Young and the Goodworks International family are fortunate to have her as part of their team, and likewise me and my sweetie, and the HOPE family, are now honored to call Yamina our dear friend.

If only all of us could carry on like Yamina and other survivors of the Rwandan genocide have. When you think about what we here in America "complain" about, and then you contrasts that with that my Rwand

HE Yamina Karitanyi

High Commissioner of Rwanda

H.E. Yamina Karitanyi is currently the High Commissioner for the Republic of Rwanda to the United Kingdom, and non-resident Ambassador to Ireland since September 2015.

Prior to her posting in London, from April 2014, Amb. Yamina Karitanyi was at the helm of the Tourism and Conservation portfolios at the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the Government’s agency mandated with fast-tracking economic development in the country. During her tenure as Head of Tourism and Conservation, the Department saw innovative new products enhanced in Tourism, including the re-integration of Lions in Akagera National Parks and Rwanda’s conservation achievements have been highlighted on the global scene.

Amb. Karitanyi was appointed High Commissioner for the Republic of Rwanda to the Republic of Kenya, stationed in Nairobi, in May 2012, having previously served as Minister Counsellor at the mission since August 2010. During her tour of duty as High Commissioner to Kenya, trade and diplomatic relations between Rwanda and Kenya were enhanced significantly.

Having held various senior positions over 10 years at GoodWorks International, a strategic consulting and advisory firm that services multinational corporations and governments, in the USA and East Africa, prior to which she was Marketing Analyst at Carrier Corporation, Ms. Karitanyi has a proven track record in international business, operations management, business negotiations and Diplomacy.

Amb. Yamina Karitanyi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Studies (1998) from Buffalo State College, USA, and an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology (2000), USA. She is fluent in English, French, Kinyarwanda and Swahili.