The National Council for the Defense of Democracy (, CNDD) is a political party in
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 ...
.
History
The CNDD was established in
Zaire
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on 24 September 1994 and was initially led by
Léonard Nyangoma
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, Burundi. He graduated from the University of Burundi in 1979 wit ...
.
[ The party also established an armed wing, the Forces for the Defence of Democracy, which was involved in the country's ethnic conflict. In the early 2000s the party split, with a faction led by ]Pierre Nkurunziza
Pierre Nkurunziza (18 December 19648 June 2020) was a Burundian politician who served as the ninth president of Burundi for almost 15 years from August 2005 until his death in June 2020.
A member of the Hutu ethnic group, Nkurunziza taught ph ...
becoming the (CNDD–FDD). The CNDD held two ministerial posts in a unity government formed in 2001.[Party history]
CNDD
In the 2005 parliamentary elections on 4 July the party received 4% of the vote, winning four of the 118 seats in the National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
, whilst the CNDD–FDD won 64. It had performed strongly in local elections in June in Bururi
Bururi is a city located in southern Burundi. It is the capital city of 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 Rumong ...
, Nyangoma's home province,[Lansford, p214] receiving 4.2% of the national vote and winning 135 of the 3,225 local council seats across the country. It subsequently won a single seat in the indirect Senate elections on 29 July, which was elected by colleges of local councillors, and gained an additional two co-opted seats. However, Nyangoma went into exile the following year, before returning in 2007.
On 1 June 2010 the party was one of several that withdrew from the presidential elections
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
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scheduled for 28 June, accusing the Independent National Elections Commission of incompetence and a lack of impartiality.[Burundi: From electoral boycott to political impasse]
International Crisis Group Following the elections, Nyangoma went into exile again, fearing that his parliamentary immunity would be lifted.[ The CNDD did not participate in the ]parliamentary elections
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on 23 July 2010.Burundi Inama Nshingamateka (National Assembly): Elections held in 2010
IPU
References
External links
Official website
Political parties in Burundi
Political parties established in 1994
1994 establishments in Burundi
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