Pélagie Uwera

Pélagie Uwera (born 1974) is a Rwandan politician. Since 2019 she has been a member of the Senate of Rwanda, elected as a Senator for Southern Province.[1]

Life

Pélagie Uwera gained a bachelor's degree in social science,[2] and later studied for a master's degree in development studies from Kigali Independent University. From 1998 to 2009 she was a secondary school teacher.

From 2012 to 2019 Uwera was a Commissioner for the National Electoral Commission of Rwanda.[1] One of seven Commission members, she acted as a Commonwealth expert observer at the 2014 Botswana general election.[2] In 2018 she was again a Commonwealth expert observer at the 2018 Sierra Leonean general election.[3]

In 2015 she put herself forward as a Social Democratic Party candidate for the East African Legislative Assembly, but was defeated by Francois Xavier Kalinda.[4]

Among 23 candidates for the Southern Province in the 2019 Senatorial election,[5] Uwera was one of the three candidates successfully elected for the Province.[6] In October 2019 she was elected to serve on the senatorial Disciplinary Committee, as Chrysologue Karangwa's deputy.[7] In November 2019 she and fellow senator John Bonds Bideri were elected unopposed to represent Rwanda at the Pan-African Parliament.[8]

References
  1. Senators Profiles: Details, parliament.gov.rw. Accessed May 5, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth Expert Team (4 December 2014). Botswana General Elections, 24 October 2014. Commonwealth Secretariat. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-84929-134-7.
  3. Statement announcing the COG observers for Sierra Leone elections, February 19, 2018. Accessed May 5, 2020.
  4. James Karuhanga, Varsity don elected to EALA, The New Times, September 12, 2015.
  5. Hudson Kuteesa, 63 candidates to viw for senate, The New Times, August 17, 2019. Accessed May 5, 2020.
  6. Nasra Bishumba, Men dominate senatorial provincial seats, The New Times, September 17, 2019. Accessed May 5, 2020.
  7. Nasra Bishumba, Senate sets up new standing committees, The New Times, October 30, 2019. Accessed May 5, 2020.
  8. Emmanuel Ntirenganya, Senators Uwera, Bideri to represent Rwanda in the Pan-African Parliament, The New Times, November 14, 2019.
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