According to the official twitter handle of La Francophinie , the handover from Michaëlle Jean who served as the General Secretary for the last four years to Mushikiwabo happened this Thursday in Paris France.
She assumes offices weeks after President Paul Kagame named Désiré Nyaruhirira who is an advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador, where it is expected that he will step in as advisor of the new Secretary General of La Francophonie (OIF).
In the past days, the Ambassador-Designate worked very closely with Louise Mushikiwabo, even when she was still a Minister, mostly during the state visits she held while she was campaigning as the Secretary-General of La Francophonie.
Jeune Afrique wrote that Mushikiwabo had already chosen to bring two close collaborators; Désiré Nyaruhirira, who should be his special advisor and Oria Kije Vande Weghe, her Spokesperson.
Mushikiwabo is the 4th person to serve as the General Secretary of La Francophonie after the late Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Abdou Diouf and Michaëlle Jean.