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