Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Yusuf Murangwa met with Julie Crowley, outgoing High Commissioner of Canada to Rwanda, for a farewell audience as she concludes her tour of duty.
“Today, we bade farewell to Julie Crowley, High Commissioner of Canada to Rwanda, and extended our sincere appreciation for her valuable contribution to strengthening the warm and longstanding partnership between Rwanda and Canada”, Minister Yusuf Murangwa says on X.
Julie Crowley served as Canada’s first resident high commissioner in Rwanda, as well as ambassador-designate to Burundi.
Julie Crowley has been representing her country in Rwanda since March 26, 2024 where she was posted after serving since October 2019 as regional director of the International Development Research Centre’s Office for Central and West Africa, which is based in Senegal and has responsibilities for 24 countries.
Before that, Julie Crowley had diplomatic assignments in Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Ethiopia; in the latter of these her responsibilities focused on Canada’s relations with the African Union. (End)