Angèle Mukakayange was a Rwandan politician. She was the first woman to be elected as a member of parliament in Rwanda.[1]

Angèle Mukakayange was elected as a MDR-Parmehutu Deputy for Butare in the 1965 Rwandan general election. She lost her seat in the 1969 election.[2]

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  1. ^ Jean-Marie Kamatali; Josephine Dawuni; Gretchen Bauer (2015). "Rwanda: Balancing Gender Quotas and an Independent Judiciary". Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From Obscurity to Parity?. Taylor & Francis. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-317-51648-4.
  2. ^ Baudouin Paternostre de La Mairieu (1972). Le Rwanda: Son effort de développement. Antécédents historiques et conquêtes de la révolution rwandaise. A. De Boeck. p. 398.