Frank Habineza

Hon.Dr. Frank Habineza, is the President and founder of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, the main opposition party in Rwandan Parliament. He is a Senator and describes himself as a public administrator, environmentalist, human rights and democracy defender. He also has expertise in defence and security matters.

He was elected to the Senate in October 2025 and has been a Member of Parliament, since September 2018 – June 2024 and was the Vice President of the Social Affairs Committee during that period.  He has been a Presidential Candidate in the 2017 and 2024 Rwanda elections, representing the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda. He was recently elected as Spokesperson of all political parties in Rwanda, under the National Consultative Forum of Political Organisations [NFPO] from 16th March – 24^el September 2026.

He is now the Co-Convenor of the Global Greens, since December 2026 and had been appointed Global Greens Ambassador in February 2024 after serving as a member of the Global Greens Coordination from 2008-2024. He served as President of the African Greens Federation for two terms between 2010-2018. AGF is a coalition of political parties from different 30 countries. (www.africangreens.org).

He graduated from the National University of Rwanda in 2005 with a BA in Public Administration, Swedish Defence University in 2017 with Master of Science degree in War Studies. He received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities for his work in democracy and human rights from Bethel College-Indiana-USA, March 2013. He is also a finalist in Law school pursuing Bachelor of Laws.

While at University in 1999, he started a student association campaigning for environment protection, known as Rwanda Wildlife Clubs, now Rwanda Environmental Conservation Organisation. Later in 2005, he became a personal assistant to the Minister of Lands, Environment, Water, Forestry and Mines. He was also the official correspondent of Rwanda Newsline and UMUSESO Newspapers and worked for the Rwanda Herald Newspaper.

In social life, he is a member of the Rotary Club-Kigali Golf and was a member of Interact Club at Progressive Secondary School-Bweyogerere, Kampala, Uganda from 1997-1998 and Rotaract Club at the National University of Rwanda [ Butare Campus], from 2000-2024, where he oversaw International Affairs. He has also been very active in the Red Cross movement where he held leadership positions both in Uganda and Rwanda. 

He has been very active in the Civil society sector; he was the National Coordinator for the Nile Basin Discourse Forum in Rwanda from 2006-2009. It is a civil society platform with over 50 NGOs involved in the conservation of river Nile, one of the 10 country programs of the Nile Basin Discourse. Was also the President of the Rwanda NGOs Forum on Water, Sanitation and Environment-RWASEF, Board member of African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation-ANEW among other duties. He is still a member of the World Conservation Union’s Commission of Education and Communication [IUCN-CEC].

Recently in November 2024, with a few others registered a new pan- African organisation: Africa Center for Peace Security and Environmental Affairs [ACPSEA], whose mission is to contribute to the establishment of sustainable peace, security and environmental management in Rwanda and the world at large. 

More details about him can be found on: www.frankhabineza.com