Rt. Hon. Justice MUKANTAGANZWA Domitilla
The Chief Justice
Rt. Hon. MUKANTAGANZWA Domitilla has been serving as the President of the Supreme Court and President of the High Council of the Judiciary since December 3, 2024. She is currently in her first five-year term, which is renewable once, as provided by Article 157 of the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda.
She was born on November 11, 1964, in Kimihurura, Gasabo District, City of Kigali, Rwanda.
Rt. Hon. MUKANTAGANZWA Domitilla completed her Primary Education at Ecole Primaire de Kacyiru and her Secondary Education at Notre Dame de Lourdes de Byimana in Ruhango District, Southern Province (O’Level) and Lycée Notre Dame de Cîteaux, in Nyarugenge District, City of Kigali where she focused on Economics (A’Level). She studied at the Université Nationale du Rwanda (UNR) and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB). She further pursued a Master’s Degree in Peace Studies and International Relations and underwent a training in Leadership and Management, both at the Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, Hekima University College, Kenya. She also completed advanced studies at the Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD).
Her public service career began in 1987 in Commune Urbaine de Nyarugenge as Assistant Bourgmestre; Ministère de l’Intérieur et du Développement Communal and Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Elévage, as Legal Officer in the Division de la législation et du contentieux respectively.
From July 1994, she held various positions respectively in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MINITRASO) as Director General; United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as National Project Officer in Charge of Unaccompanied Children Department; Constitutional and Legal Reform Commission as Commissioner; National Service of Gacaca Courts as Executive Secretary and Rwanda Law Reform Commission as Chairperson.
Hon. Justice HITIYAREMYE Alphonse
Deputy Chief Justice
Hon. Justice Alphonse Hitiyaremye was appointed Deputy Chief Justice on the 12th of December 2024. Prior to this appointment, Hon. Justice Alphonse Hitiyaremye has served in various positions within the Government of Rwanda namely as Communication, documentation and legal information Officer at Rwandan Embassy in Paris (1996-1997), Advisor of the Minister of Justice (1998), Human Rights Officer in the Ministry of Justice (1999), Regional Chief Prosecutor (Procureur de la République) 2000-2004, Inspector General of Prosecution (2004-2006), Deputy Prosecutor General (2006-2013), Judge of the Supreme Court before the 2018 reform (2013-2018), Judge of the Court of Appeal (2018-2019), Judge of the Supreme Court (2019- to date).
Justice Alphonse Hitiyaremye holds a Master’s in International Public Law from Kiev State University (1995, Ukraine). He has attended different trainings, like training in Legal aspect of economic reconstruction organized by International Development Law Institute, training in conflict resolution (TPN, Third Party Neutral) organized by Canadian Institute of Conflict Resolution, Internship in Human Rights domain at ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Strasbourg (France), Program on the United States Court System organized by The National Center for State Courts (USA).
Justice Alphonse Hitiyaremye, apart from being a judge of the Supreme Court, he heads also the Bureau of Anti-Corruption Committee in Judiciary of Rwanda.