Duties and responsibilities:
The Office of the Deputy Director General 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 unit
- Corporate Service Division
The following list of staff are under the Office of the Deputy Director General
Administrative Assistant (1)
Deputy Director General (DDG):
Mr. MWIZERWA Jean Claude is the Deputy Director General at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), a position he has held since July 2025.
Before this role, he has been with the institution for over 15 years, holding various positions, including Economics Statistics Project Manager and Director of Economic Statistics.
Mr. MWIZERWA holds a Master’s degree in Data Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.