Amédée Kabugubugu (1934/1935–1972) was a Burundian educator, politician, and diplomat.

Early life

Amédée Kabugubugu was born in 1934 or 1935 in Kivoga. He was ethnically

Tutsi The Tutsi (), or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest Bantu ethnic grou ...

. He was educated in Gitega and in 1962 received a master's degree in psychology from Lovanium University in the

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Career

Kabugubugu served as the director general of the Ministry of Education until June 1963 when he became the minister of education. In 1965 he was made minister of information and immigration. Due to his political independence, Mwami

Mwambutsa IV Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge (6 May 1912 – 26 March 1977) was the penultimate king of Burundi (or ''mwami'') who ruled between 1915 and 1966. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his father Mutaga IV Mbikije (reigned 1908–15). Born whil ...

asked him to resign, and he was made a counselor at the Burundian embassy in Belgium. In 1966 served as an ambassador to

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. He taught psychology courses at Official University of Burundi in 1967. In March 1969 he was made an assistant professor. During the Ikiza in 1972, Military Governor of Ngozi Province Joseph Bizoza had six Tutsi officials killed including Kabugubugu. Bizoza had a long-standing grudge against Kabugubugu. He later stated that he had mistaken Kabugubugu and another Tutsi official as Hutus.

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