The Ministry of Education (MINeDUC, Kinyarwanda: Minisiteri y'Uburezi,[1] French: Ministère de l'Éducation[2]) of Rwanda, previously the Ministère de l'Éducation, de la Science, de la Technologie et de la Recherche scientifique,[3] is headquartered in Kigali.[4] As of December 2017, the minister is Dr. Eugène Mutimura. He was preceded by Dr. Papias Malimba Musafiri, who served in that position since June 2015 - December 2017.[5][6]