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    Pierre Nkurunziza (18 December 1964 – 8 June 2020) was a Burundian politician who served as the ninth president of Burundi for almost 15 years from August...
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    Bucumi-Nkurunziza (born 1 December 1969) is a Burundian ordained minister who was First Lady of Burundi from 2005 to 2020 as the wife of Pierre Nkurunziza....
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    number of political offices under the auspices of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Nkurunziza endorsed Ndayishimiye as his successor ahead of the 2020 elections...
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  • Bucumi-Nkurunziza (born 1969), Burundian ordained minister; wife of Pierre Nkurunziza Emmanuel Nkurunziza (born ?), Rwandan cyclist Pierre Nkurunziza (1964–2020)...
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    Presidential elections were held in Burundi on 21 July 2015. President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a third term despite controversy over whether he was eligible...
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    President Pierre Nkurunziza, and a small clique of military generals from the party, tightly controlled the country. In 2005, Pierre Nkurunziza, became...
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    its abolition in 1966. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow on a 2007 promise to return Gitega...
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    president for 18 months. Ndayizeye remained in office until succeeded by Pierre Nkurunziza on 26 August 2005. Ndayizeye currently serves as head of the National...
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  • publisher Pierre Menard, American fur trader and politician Pierre Morel, French film director Pierre Nkurunziza, former president of Burundi Pierre Papillaud...
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    country's political capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return...
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    September of that year Ndayikengurukiye was ousted by a faction led by Pierre Nkurunziza over the former's handling of negotiations with the government to...
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    and is seen as formally ending with the swearing-in of President Pierre Nkurunziza in August 2005. Children were widely used by both sides in the war...
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    ruling party announced President Pierre Nkurunziza would seek a third term in office. Protestors claimed Nkurunziza could not run for a third term in...
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    by the civil war and a long peace process and move to democracy. Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense...
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    governors of Ruanda-Urundi List of colonial residents of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza was elected for a third term, as the Constitutional Court considered...
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    Pierre Nkurunziza, would run for a third term in the 2015 presidential election. The announcement sparked protests by those opposed to Nkurunziza seeking...
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    Province from 2002 to 2005. He served as First Vice President of Pierre Nkurunziza from 13 February 2014 to August 2015. Bazombanza served as director...
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  • Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy and former president Pierre Nkurunziza and is allied with a number of other opposition groups, including...
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  • 2010 by the former president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza. His term began on August 30, 2010. "Le Ministre Pierre Mupira s'est marié – IWACU". Retrieved...
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  • unrest of 2015, allegedly by supporters of the incumbent government of Pierre Nkurunziza, led to an increased polarisation between government and its political...
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  • that followed the amendment of the constitution which gave President Pierre Nkurunziza the legal right to run for a third term. Sanctions were imposed on...
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    general Godefroid Niyombare said that he was "dismissing President Pierre Nkurunziza" following the 2015 Burundian unrest. However, the presidency tweeted...
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  • both Hutu and Tutsi, and 2005 parliamentary elections that led to Pierre Nkurunziza, from the Hutu FDD, becoming president. According to a 2004 report...
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  • and close political ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Observers viewed Lt. Gen. Nshimirimana as Nkurunziza's de facto internal security chief as head...
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  • appointed to the position in 2007 by the former president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza. His term began on 14 November 2007. "B D U S A Inc VS Samuel Ndayiragije...
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  • Burundian military officer who led a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza on 13 May 2015. At the time of the coup attempt, Niyombare was a Major...
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    five-year term. The sole candidate, Pierre Nkurunziza of the CNDD–FDD, was elected by a vote of 151–9. Nkurunziza was sworn in on 26 August 2005. The...
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  • 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014. "Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza returns to Bujumbura". BBC News. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015...
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  • was a Burundian politician, and the father of Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza. Ngabisha, who was Hutu and Roman Catholic, was an associate of Louis...
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  • appointed to the position in 2010 by the former president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza. Her term began on August 30, 2010. "Agriculture is driving Force...
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