Valentine Uwamariya

Valentine Uwamariya (born 14 May 1971) is a Rwandan politician who served as minister of education from 2020 to 2023 when she was redeployed to the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion in a cabinet reshuffle by  President Paul Kagame.

Background and education
Valentine Uwamariya was born on 14 May 1971 at Shangi Sector in Nyamasheke District. She got her secondary school certificate from Groupe Scolaire Sainte Famille, Nyamasheke. She furthered her education and earned a bachelor’s degree in Organic Chemistry from the National University in Rwanda. In 2005, Uwamariya bagged her master’s degree in Electrochemistry from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Thereafter in 2007, she got a scholarship to study a PhD Programme at UNESCO-IHE and in 2013 she earned a doctorate degree. Her PhD Thesis was titled: "Adsorptive removal of heavy metals from groundwater by iron oxide based adsorbent"

Career
Uwamariya served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Training, Institutional Development and Research in the newly established Rwanda Polytechnic just before she came the Minister of Education.