According to the announcement signed by the Prime Minister, Dr. Edouard Ngirente, "Pursuant to the powers conferred upon Him by the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda of 2003 revised in 2015, especially in its article 111, on 25th December 2018, His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda named Mr. Desire NYARUHIRIRA, Ambassador."
To date, Nyaruhira was an advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and cooperation in the East-African Community. Before that, he was an advisor in the Embassy of Rwanda in Burundi up to 2015.
In the past days, the Ambassador-Designate worked very closely with Louise Mushikiwabo, even when she was still a Minister, mostly during the state visits she held while she was campaigning as the Secretary-General of La Francophonie.
On December 08, when Michaëlle Jean was bidding farewell to her office before conferring her powers to the new Secretary General, Louise Mushikiwabo; Jeune Afrique wrote that Mushikiwabo had already chosen to bring two close collaborators; Désiré Nyaruhirira, who should be his special advisor and Oria Kije Vande Weghe, her Spokesperson.
These two were with her while Louise Mushikiwabo campaigned for the position of Secretary General for La Francophonie.