Duties and responsibilities:
The Office of the Deputy Director General (DDG) is responsible for assisting the Director General (DG) in the implementation of the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) programs and activities; in planning, managing and monitoring the activities of all subject matter departments; in the management of international relations and regional & international statistical integration; in the coordination and monitoring of technical assistance services provided through different development partners; and in dissemination of official statistics.
To accomplish its mission, the Office of the Deputy Director General, is organized into the following seven units:
- Information and communication Technology (ICT) unit
- Statistical Methods, Research and Publications (SMRP) unit
- Censuses unit
- Demographic and Social Statistics (DSS) unit
- Economic Statistics (ES) unit
- Data Revolution and Big Data
- Corporate Service Division
The following list of staff are under the Office of the Deputy Director General
- Administrative Assistant (1)
Deputy Director-General (DDG a.i):
Mr Michel NDAKIZE RUGAMBWA
Deputy Director General a.i
Mr. Michel NDAKIZE RUGAMBWA is the acting Deputy Director General (DDG) at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda since June 2024, he has previously served as the Director of Social and Demographic Statistics Unit (DSS) from January 2014 where he was entrusted with managing Social and Demographic Statistics Department (DSS) which is responsible for collecting data and/or producing statistics in a wide range of areas such as Education, Health, Gender, Labour, and Vital Statiatistics.
Mr. Michel has a bachelor’s degree in Demography, postgraduate Diploma in Demography from Cairo Demographic Center and a Master’s degree (M.A.) in Population Studies.
Previously, he was the Team Leader in charge of Vital Statistics and Crosscutting Social Statistics sub unit from January 2011 to January 2013 at NISR.
He has held different posts from different organization’s including Assistant Lecturer at Kigali Independent University (ULK) department of Demography, and Secretary of Social Sciences Faculty from 2005-2006.