# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rose-kabuye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:57:36.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rose-kabuye"
name: "Rose Kabuye"
slug: "rose-kabuye"
description: "Rose Kabuye is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Rwandan Army and until late 2023, she was the highest ranking woman ever to serve in her country's armed forces. She is currently working in the private sector as chief executive officer of Virunga Logistics and Startech Limited but is best known for her work as a fighter for the Rwandan Patriotic Front during the Rwandan Civil War. She subsequently became Mayor of Kigali City, Rwandan Chief of State Protocol, and a member of the Rwandan parliament. Because of her participation in the liberation struggle, she was awarded The Rwandan National Liberation Medal and the Campaign Against Genocide Medal. She was serving as the chief of protocol of Rwandan President Paul Kagame in November 2008 when she was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany on charges that were lifted in March 2009."
tagline: "Rwandan soldier and politician"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-04-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.147193333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rose_Kabuye"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "روز كابويا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "روز كابويا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Kabuye"
    title: "Rose Kabuye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Kabuye"
    title: "Rose Kabuye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Kabuye"
    title: "Rose Kabuye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Kabuye"
    title: "Rose Kabuye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Kabuye"
    title: "Rose Kabuye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Kabuye"
    title: "Rose Kabuye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rose_Kabuye"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump