Michel Micombero (26 August 1940 – 16 July 1983) was a Burundian politician and army officer who ruled the country as de facto military dictator for the...

deposing his own father. He reigned until November, when prime minister Michel Micombero overthrew him, ending the Burundian monarchy. He went into exile but...

National Defence Force. The office of the presidency was established when Michel Micombero declared Burundi a republic on 28 November 1966. The first constitution...

National Defence Force. The office of the presidency was established when Michel Micombero declared Burundi a republic on 28 November 1966. The first constitution...

subsequently became an integral part of the one-party state established by Michel Micombero after 1966. Dominated by members of the Tutsi ethnic group and increasingly...

rose through the ranks under the rule of Michel Micombero after his rise to power in 1966. Bagaza deposed Micombero in a bloodless coup d'état in 1976 and...

On 28 November 1966, Michel Micombero, Burundi's 26-year-old Prime Minister, ousted the 19-year-old king (mwami) of Burundi, Ntare V, in a coup d'état...

Ndizeye was deposed by Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Colonel Michel Micombero, who abolished the monarchy and declared a republic following the November...

to balance Hutu and Tutsi demands in government. Ntare V (left) and Michel Micombero (right), pictured at the coronation ceremony of Ntare V two months...

ousted from power in a November 1966 coup d'état by his Prime Minister, Michel Micombero, who abolished the monarchy. The Kingdom of Burundi was led by the...

M23 to defend themselves against discrimination. Paul Kagame Stromae Michel Micombero Jean Baptiste Bagaza Pierre Buyoya James Kabarebe Louise Mushikiwabo...

failed. The Tutsi dominated army, then led by Tutsi officer Captain Michel Micombero purged Hutu from their ranks and carried out reprisal attacks which...

republic was declared, forces of the Tutsi-dominated government of Michel Micombero occupied the region, ending the rebellion and the existence of Martyazo...

failed. The Tutsi dominated army, then led by Tutsi officer Captain Michel Micombero purged Hutu from their ranks and carried out reprisal attacks which...

beginning with Michel Micombero, who had led a successful coup in 1966 and replaced the monarchy with a presidential republic. Under the Micombero regime, the...

failed due to the intervention of a contingent of troops led by Captain Michel Micombero. The attempted coup d'état provoked a backlash against Hutus in which...

of going to train a new group of Hutu partisans in Burundi against Michel Micombero, telling Shannon "It's not really the money. It was never for the money...

abolished altogether in a third coup in November 1966 and its leader, Michel Micombero, came to power as president and dictator. Mwambutsa spent the rest...

IV. November 28, 1966: Michel Micombero overthrew Ntare V. November 10, 1976: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza overthrew Michel Micombero. September 3, 1987: Pierre...

1944) July 14 – Jack MacBryan, English cricketer (b. 1892) July 16 Michel Micombero, Burundian military officer and statesman, 8th Prime Minister and 1st...

led by Deputy Chief of Staff Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, ousted President Michel Micombero. Bagaza formed the 30-member Supreme Revolutionary Council to take...

minister (1965–1966) Michel Micombero, Prime minister (1966) Republic of Burundi Presidents (complete list) – Michel Micombero, President (1966–1976)...

The Tutsi-dominated army, led by Michel Micombero brutally responded: almost all Hutu politicians were killed. Micombero assumed control of the government...

established on 11 March 1967, a year after President Michel Micombero overthrew the previous monarchy. Micombero, a Tutsi African socialist aligned with China...

(1919–2003) 13 October 1965 8 July 1966 (deposed.) 268 days Tutsi UPRONA 8 Michel Micombero (1940–1983) 11 July 1966 28 November 1966 (become President.) 140 days...

retiring from politics, he was later arrested under the regime of Michel Micombero in 1969. While imprisoned, he wrote L'Homme de ma colline which has...

coup led by a young Tutsi officer in the Burundian military, Michel Micombero. Micombero abolished the monarchy and was installed as President of Burundi;...

in October 1965, July 1966, and November 1966, Tutsi Army Captain Michel Micombero took control of the Burundian government and abolished the monarchy...

was Africa's fourth youngest president at the time, after captain Michel Micombero of Burundi and sergeant Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo. In March 1968 Bongo...

only Hutu military officer to serve in government under President Michel Micombero and frequently warned of the dangers of ethnic violence in his reports...