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Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People (PALIPEHUTU) Burundo-African Alliance for Salvation (ABASA) Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) Green Party-Intwari (VERT-Intwari) Independent Labor Party (PIT) Liberal Alliance for Democracy (ALIDE) Kaze-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (KAZE-FDD) Liberal Party (PL)
t. e. Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian banker and politician who became the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 election. Though he attempted to smooth the country's bitter ethnic divide, his reforms antagonised soldiers in the Tutsi-dominated army ...
Révérien Ndikuriyo. Révérien Ndikuriyo (born 1970) is a Burundian politician, currently serving as secretary-general of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD–FDD), a position he has held since 2021. From 2015 to 2020, he served as president of the Senate.
Évariste Ndayishimiye. General Évariste Ndayishimiye (born 1968) is a Burundian politician who has served as the tenth President of Burundi since 18 June 2020. He became involved in the rebel National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy ( Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie – Forces ...
The Politics of Burundi takes place in a framework of a transitional presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Burundi is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers ...
Cyprien Ntaryamira (6 March 1955 – 6 April 1994) was a Burundian politician who served as President of Burundi from 5 February 1994 until his death two months later. A Hutu born in Burundi, Ntaryamira studied there before fleeing to Rwanda to avoid ethnic violence and complete his education. Active in a Burundian student movement, he ...
10 July–21 October 1993. Government. 1993 ethnic violence. 1993 parliamentary election. 1993 coup attempt. v. t. e. The Front for Democracy in Burundi ( French: Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, FRODEBU) is a political party in Burundi .
Overview. Burundi is governed as a presidential representative democratic republic, with an estimated population of 10,557,259 in 2012. The country has experienced a long history of social unrest and ethnic tension between the Hutu majority and Tutsi minority, with successive civil wars jeopardizing national development since Burundi's decolonization as a Belgian territory in 1962.