Espérance

Espérance Nyirasafari is a lawyer and politician in Rwanda, who serves as one of two Vice Presidents of the Senate of Rwanda, effective 17 October 2019. She was appointed to the Senate by the President of Rwanda, on 22 September 2019.

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Before that, she served as the cabinet minister at the Ministry of Sports and Culture, from 18 October 2018, until 22 September 2019. Prior to that, from 5 October 2016 until 18 October 2018, she was the Minister of Gender and Family Promotion (Migeprof).

Louise Marguerite Espérance Langlois (1805 – 1864) was a French painter and printmaker. From her marriage to the lawyer and businessman Jean-Adrien Bourlet de la Vallée she was also known as Espérance Bourlet de la Vallée.