Léonard Nyangoma (born 31 December 1952) is a Burundian politician and former rebel leader.
Early life
Léonard Nyangoma was born on 31 December 1952 in Rutundwe,
Bururi Province
Bururi Province is one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It was formerly Burundi's largest province until the communes of Burambi, Buyengero and Rumonge were transferred to the province of Rumonge when it was created in 2015.
Overview
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, Burundi. He graduated from the
University of Burundi in 1979 with a degree in mathematics.
Career
Following his graduation from the university, Nyangoma was appointed prefect of studies at the Normal School of
Rutovu
Rutovu is a small town and seat of the Commune of Rutovu in Bururi Province in southern Burundi. It lies 37.1 kilometres by road to the northeast of Bururi.
People
The first three presidents of Burundi were born in Rutovu.
Tourism
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, where he worked until 1988. He also served as the school's head athletic trainer. From 1980 to 1988 he served as the head of the Bururi chapter of the Union Syndicale des Travailleurs du Burundi (UTB). From then until 1991 he served as UTB's deputy secretary general.
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Nyangoma was a founding member of the Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi (FRODEBU). In the June 1993 legislative elections he won a seat in the National Assembly, representing the Bururi constituency.][ He managed FRODEBU leader Melchior Ndadaye's presidential campaign. Ndadaye won the presidential election and appointed Nyangoma as Minister of Refugee Repatriation.][ Early in the morning on 21 October 1993 members of the Burundian Army launched a coup attempt and attacked the presidential palace. Nyangoma went to the home of Déo Ngendahayo, brother of Minister of Communications ]Jean‐Marie Ngendahayo Jean‐Marie Ngendahayo (born 1956) is a Burundian politician.
Early life and education
Jean‐Marie Ngendahayo was born in 1956 in Cibitoke Province, Ruanda-Urundi. Ethnically, he is Ganwa, though this category has been subsumed into the Tutsi e ...
. Ngendahayo placed several phone calls to Army Chief of Staff Jean Bikomagu, but the three men grew suspicious of his motives and decided to relocate, going to the warehouse of a Belgian businessman. They later sought shelter at the French embassy. Under President Cyprien Ntaryamira Nyangoma served as Minister of State in charge of the Interior and Public Security.[
On 24 September 1994 Nyangoma founded a FRODEBU-breakaway exile group, the Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD).][ The CNDD then made an alliance with the Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie (FDD), a rebel group, creating the CNDD-FDD. Nyangoma returned to Burundi in February 2005, the last rebel leader of the war to do so.]Songa
Songa is a Burundian town and ''colline'', seat of the Commune of Songa, in Bururi Province.
Geography
The town is located on a plain in the central-eastern area of its municipality; and is crossed by the national road RN 16 and by the provincia ...
and in the subsequent legislative elections was re-elected to the National Assembly for the Bururi constituency to serve a five-year term. On 31 July 2015 he was made head of the Conseil national pour le respect de l'accord d'Arusha et de l'état de droit (CNARED), a political grouping dedicated to opposing President Pierre Nkurunziza's attempt to seek a third term.[
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1952 births
Living people
People from Bururi Province
Government ministers of Burundi
Hutu people
Front for Democracy in Burundi politicians
National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Burundi)
University of Burundi alumni