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    Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (29 August 1946 – 4 May 2016) was a Burundian army officer and politician who ruled Burundi as president and de facto military dictator...
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  • novelist Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, chairman of Supreme Revolutionary Council in Burundi until 1976 and president of Burundi (1976-1987) Jean-Baptiste Baudry...
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    Army faction, led by Deputy Chief of Staff Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, ousted President Michel Micombero. Bagaza formed the 30-member Supreme Revolutionary...
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    1976 when he was ousted in a coup d'état by another army officer, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, who installed himself as president. Micombero went into exile in...
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    Tutsi president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed whilst traveling abroad and succeeded by Tutsi Major Pierre Buyoya. Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was appointed...
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    overthrown Jean-Baptiste Bagaza in 1987. Tutsi Pierre Buyoya first came to power in Burundi following a military coup in September 1987, when he deposed Jean-Baptiste...
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    1987, he led a military coup d'état that overthrew his predecessor Jean-Baptiste Bagaza and enabled him to seize power. Leading an oppressive military junta...
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  • themselves against discrimination. Paul Kagame Stromae Michel Micombero Jean Baptiste Bagaza Pierre Buyoya James Kabarebe Louise Mushikiwabo Arielle Kayabaga...
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  • beginning of his political career, under the chairmanship of President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, he is an influential member of Union for National Progress party...
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    12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024. Emily Langer (5 May 2016). "Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, ousted Burundian president, dies at 69". The Washington Post. Archived...
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  • November 10, 1976: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza overthrew Michel Micombero. September 3, 1987: Pierre Buyoya overthrew Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. October 21 to November...
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    he was reportedly freed at the request of the wife of President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, a childhood friend of his. As the Cold War wound down Ntaryamira...
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    remains unknown, though Ngeze, Army Chief of Staff Jean Bikomagu, ex-President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, and Buyoya are widely suspected to have been involved...
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  • Defence Force faction, led by Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Jean Bikomagu, ex-President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, and former interior minister François Ngeze. The coup...
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    Micombero became mentally distraught and withdrawn. In 1976, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, a Tutsi, led a bloodless coup to topple Micombero and set about...
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  • reforestation. In 1987 President Pierre Buyoya ovethrew Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza and Ayabatwa was imprisoned in Bujumbura. He was charged with aiding...
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  • 1913) 2015 – Marv Hubbard, American football player (b. 1946) 2016 – Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Burundian politician (b. 1946) 2020 – Don Shula, American football...
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  • the United Nations. 1987 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. 1989 – Cubana de Aviación Flight...
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    held for the first time in Burundi on 31 August 1984. Incumbent Jean-Baptiste Bagaza of the Union for National Progress (UPRONA; then the sole legal party)...
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    Election Party candidate Votes % Result 1984 Jean-Baptiste Bagaza 1,752,579 99.6% Elected Y 1993 Pierre Buyoya 742,360 32.86% Lost N 2015 Gerard Nduwayo...
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    there, including three consecutive presidents (Michel Micombero, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza and Pierre Buyoya) following the country's independence. It is divided...
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    Micombero was overthrown in a bloodless coup by Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Initially, Bagaza's regime offered potential ethnic reconciliation, declaring...
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  • China Swede Savage, American race car driver (d. 1973) August 29 Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 2nd President of Burundi (d. 2016) Bob Beamon, American athlete...
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    Square in May. September 3 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. September 7–21 – The world's first...
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  • Tobacco Group (PTG). In 1987 President Pierre Buyoya ovethrew Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza and Ayabatwa was imprisoned in Bujumbura. He was charged with aiding...
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    Watch, and Front Line for the multiple arrests and trials of journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu for issues related to his reporting. Amnesty International...
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  • Burundian politician. She was named Minister for Women's Questions by Jean-Baptiste Bagaza in 1982 (some sources state instead that she took the position in...
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    breakaway faction of the CNDD-FDD. Four former heads of state - Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (PARENA), Pierre Buyoya (UPRONA), Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (FRODEBU)...
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  • places. In 1976 Micombero was overthrown and replaced by Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Bagaza tried to present himself as a moderniser, and Rwagasore's reputation...
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    Burundi. It was founded in May 1994 by the former president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Bagaza, an ethnic Tutsi, had established a military dictatorship in...
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