Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda is the current Minister of Information & Communications Technology (ICT). His immediate previous position was that of Uganda's Permanent Representative at the United Nations (January 2009 - May 2011) and is a member of the National Resistance Movement Party. He takes over from Former Minister, Hon. Aggrey Awori as the third Minister of ICT.

Hon. Dr. Rugunda led the Government of Uganda (GoU) delegation to the Juba-based Peace Talks between GoU and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) from July 2006 to January 2009.

He attended Kigezi High School and Busoga College Mwiri, before joining Makerere University and later the University of Zambia where he graduated as a Medical Doctor (1975). He holds a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley, USA (1978) aso studied Pediatrics at the University of Nairobi (1984).

He was keenly involved in student activities and held responsibilities as President of African Students Union, University of California, Berkeley (1977-78), President of National Union of Students of Uganda (1970-1971) while at Makerere University and President, Kigezi United Youth Association (KUYA). Hon. Dr. Rugunda is married to Jocelyn Rugunda with four children.

Hon. Dr. Rugunda has served the Government of Uganda in various capacities as indicated below;
•    Minister of Internal Affairs
•    Minister of Health
•    Minister of Foreign Affairs
•    Minister of Information
•    Minister of Works, Transport & Communication
•    Minister of Water, Lands & the Environment
•    Commissioner for Animal Industry, Game and Fisheries
•    Chairman of NRM Electoral Commission
•    Member of Parliament for Kabale Municipality and
•    President of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP
•    Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.