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    Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian banker and politician who became the first democratically elected and first Hutu president...
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    Melchior Ndadaye International Airport (IATA: BJM, ICAO: HBBA) is an airport in Bujumbura, the former capital of Burundi. It is Burundi's only international...
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    presidential election, he was defeated by Hutu candidate Melchior Ndadaye of the FRODEBU opposition party. Ndadaye was assassinated during another attempted coup...
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    FRODEBU) is a political party in Burundi. It was formed by followers of Melchior Ndadaye from the disbanded Burundi Workers' Party in 1986. FRODEBU was legalized...
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    animosity and riots following the assassination of Burundian President Melchior Ndadaye in an attempted coup d'état. The massacres took place in all provinces...
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  • Melchior Ndadaye (1953–1993), Burundian politician and president Melchior Nunes Barreto (c. 1520–1571), Jesuit, missionary in Asia Melchior Schildt (c...
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    obtain a visa on arrival either at Bujumbura International Airport (Melchior Ndadaye) or at all land borders for a maximum stay of 1 month. Citizens of...
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    since independence in 1962. Three candidates entered the contest, with Melchior Ndadaye of the Front for Democracy in Burundi defeating incumbent President...
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  • attempt overthrew the democratically elected government of president Melchior Ndadaye (who was killed during the coup attempt). Ngeze, one of the few prominent...
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    faction. The coup attempt resulted in assassination of Hutu President Melchior Ndadaye and the deaths of other officials in the constitutional line of presidential...
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  • Hutus died. In 1993, Burundi's first democratically elected president, Melchior Ndadaye, who was Hutu, was believed to be assassinated by Tutsi officers, as...
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    and notably experienced a genocide of Hutus in 1972. In July 1993, Melchior Ndadaye became Burundi's first Hutu president following the country's first...
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    Démocratie au Burundi (FRODEBU). The new FRODEBU President of Burundi, Melchior Ndadaye, appointed Kinigi prime minister of Burundi on 10 July. Kinigi wished...
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  • was founded in December 1979 by Salvator Buyagu, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Melchior Ndadaye, Jérôme Ndiho, Festus Ntanyungu, Jean Ndikumana, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya...
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    the following month under Burundi's new president, party-mate Melchior Ndadaye. Ndadaye's assassination during a coup attempt in October after three months...
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    progrès national, UPRONA) of President Buyoya. Thus, FRODEBU leader Melchior Ndadaye became Burundi's first democratically elected Hutu president. His tenure...
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  • and Hutu. In 1993, Burundi's first democratically elected president, Melchior Ndadaye, a Hutu, was assassinated by Tutsi officers, as was the person entitled...
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    civil defence network. In October 1993, the President of Burundi, Melchior Ndadaye, who had been elected in June as the country's first ever Hutu president...
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    a childhood friend of his. As the Cold War wound down Ntaryamira, Melchior Ndadaye, and several other UBU members sought to move away from socialist ideology...
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    Assembly, a tribute to the freshly assassinated President of Burundi, Melchior Ndadaye, was held. This assassination would in time lead to the Burundi Civil...
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    size: 125 x 65 mm. [3] 500 francs (Amajan Atanu Amafranga) President Melchior Ndadaye Banque de la République du Burundi (Ibanki ya Republika y'Uburundi;...
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    in Burundi since the country's independence lead to the election of Melchior Ndadaye, leader of the Front for Democracy in Burundi. The next day's legislative...
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  • strength figure had been dropped to 5,500. In 1993, Hutu President Melchior Ndadaye was elected in the 1 June presidential election and was sworn in on...
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    democratic transition in 1993 and elected its first Hutu president, Melchior Ndadaye. In an interview he said he would not pursue prosecution of individuals...
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  • assassination of the first democratically elected Hutu president, Melchior Ndadaye delivered its verdict on October 19, 2020, more than a year after its...
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    Nkurunziza married Denise Bucumi in 1994. The newly elected president Melchior Ndadaye was assassinated in an attempted coup d'état in October 1993. The killing...
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  • sentenced him to prison for involvement in the murder of President Melchior Ndadaye in 1993. "Ndayizeye acquitted of coup plot in Burundi", Reuters (IOL)...
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    widespread violence in Burundi, as had happened when his predecessor, Melchior Ndadaye, was assassinated during a coup attempt in October 1993. However, unlike...
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    ISBN 978-0-7137-0679-6. Nahimana, Salvator; Hatungimana, Jacques (2004). Melchior Ndadaye: pour le Burundi nouveau : campagne 1992-1993 (in French). L'Harmattan...
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    Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) - a predominantly Hutu party founded by Melchior Ndadaye in 1986. It was officially registered as a political party in 1992...
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