Jean-Baptiste Manwangari is a Burundian born in the 50s. He is from the
Kirundo Province. He was a member of the
Pan-African Parliament
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union. It held its inaugural session in March 2004. The Parliament exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, ha ...
from
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
. Manwangari is a member of the nationalist
Union for National Progress party. He is also a
Tutsi. Since the beginning of his political career, under the chairmanship of President
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, he is an influential member of
Union for National Progress party of which he was the chairman. He was member of various governments since 1976. He was on the head of different National department, such as Justice, Interior, Transport, Post and Telecommunications, territorial administration and was a leading senior advisor to the President
Pierre Buyoya
Pierre Buyoya (24 November 1949 – 17 December 2020) was a Burundian army officer and politician who served two terms as President of Burundi in 1987 to 1993 and 1996 to 2003. He was the second-longest serving president in Burundian history.
An ...
for political and legal questions. He was also a long time a member of parliament as MP and Senator.
References
External links
"BURUNDI: President names cabinet, new faces abound" IRIN News, 31 August 2005 eadlink
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Union for National Progress politicians
Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Burundi
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