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1993 Burundian Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Burundi on 1 June 1993 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum the previous year. They were the first multi-party elections for the presidency, the only previous elections in 1984 having been held at a time when the country was a one-party state. They were also only the second contested national elections held in the country since independence in 1962. Three candidates entered the contest, with Melchior Ndadaye of the Front for Democracy in Burundi defeating incumbent President Pierre Buyoya with 66% of the vote. Voter turnout was 97%.Burundi: 1993 Presidential election results
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Melchior Ndadaye
Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian banker and politician who became the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 Burundian presidential election, 1993 election. Though he attempted to smooth the country's bitter ethnic divide, his reforms antagonised soldiers in the Tutsi-dominated army, and he was assassinated amidst a failed military coup in October 1993, after only three months in office. His assassination sparked an array of brutal tit-for-tat massacres between the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups, and ultimately led to the decade-long Burundi Civil War. Early life Melchior Ndadaye was born on 28 March 1953 in the commune of Nyabihanga, Ruanda-Urundi. The son of Pie Ndadaye and Thérèse Bandushubwenge, he was the first of ten children in a Hutu family. He attended primary school in Mbogora and in 1966 enrolled at the normal school in Gitega. Following the 1972 Ikiza, in which the government ...
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Rally For Democracy And Economic And Social Development
The Rally for Democracy and Economic and Social Development (, RADDES) is a small, predominantly ethnic Tutsi political party in Burundi. History The party supported losing candidate Pierre Buyoya of the Union for National Progress in the Burundian presidential election, 1993, 1993 presidential elections.Elections in Burundi
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In the Burundian legislative election, 1993, parliamentary elections later in the year, RADDES received 1.3% of the vote, failing to win a seat.


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Burundian Civil War
The Burundian Civil War was a civil war in Burundi lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of longstanding ethnic divisions between the Hutu and the Tutsi ethnic groups. The conflict began following the first multi-party elections in the country since its independence from Belgium in 1962, and is seen as formally ending with the swearing-in of President Pierre Nkurunziza in August 2005. Children were widely used by both sides in the war. The estimated death toll stands at 300,000. Background Before becoming subject to European colonial rule, Burundi was governed by an ethnic Tutsi monarchy, similar to that of its neighbor Rwanda. German, and subsequently Belgian, colonial rulers found it convenient to govern through the existing power structure, perpetuating the dominance of the Tutsi minority over the ethnic Hutu majority. The Belgians generally identified the ethnic distinctions in Burundi and Rwanda with the following observations: the Twa who were ...
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1993 Burundian Coup Attempt
On 21 October 1993, a coup was attempted in Burundi by a Tutsi–dominated army faction. The coup attempt resulted in assassination of Hutu President Melchior Ndadaye and the deaths of other officials in the constitutional line of presidential succession. François Ngeze was presented as the new President of Burundi by the army, but the coup failed under domestic and international pressure, leaving Prime Minister Sylvie Kinigi in charge of the government. Following a long period of military rule by Tutsi army officers, in the early 1990s Burundi underwent a democratic transition. In June 1993 presidential and parliamentary elections were held and won by the Hutu-dominated Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi (FRODEBU), displacing the ruling Union pour le Progrès National (UPRONA) and President Pierre Buyoya. A new coalition government was installed on 10 July with FRODEBU leader Ndadaye as Burundi's first Hutu president. Ndadaye's tenure was largely peaceful, but during his t ...
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President Of Burundi
The president of Burundi, officially the President of the Republic (French language, French: ''Président de la République''), is the head of state and head of government of the Burundi, Republic of Burundi. The president is also commander-in-chief of the National Defence Force (Burundi), National Defence Force. The office of the presidency was established when Michel Micombero declared Burundi a republic on 28 November 1966. The first constitution to specify the powers and duties of the president was the constitution of 1974 adopted in 1976. The constitution, written by Micombero, affirmed Micombero's position as the first president of Burundi. The powers of the president currently derive from the Constitution of Burundi, 2005 constitution implemented as a result of the Arusha Accords (Burundi), 2000 Arusha Accords after the Burundian Civil War. The current president since 18 June 2020 is Évariste Ndayishimiye. The president's stated role is to represent Burundi's national uni ...
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1993 Burundian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Burundi on 29 June 1993. They were the first multi-party parliamentary elections since 1965, and followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in 1992. The result was a victory for the Front for Democracy in Burundi, which won 65 of the 81 seats.Burundi: 1993 National Assembly election results
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Six political parties and eight independents took part in the election * (FRODEBU) - a predominantly party founded by

People's Reconciliation Party
The People's Reconciliation Party (, PRP) is a minor political party in Burundi. History The party was established in September 1991 and registered on 30 June 1992.Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p215Les principaux partis politiques du Burundi
Afrique Express It nominated Pierre-Claver Sendegeya as its candidate for the 1993 presidential elections. Sendegeya finished third with 1.5% of the vote. Led by Jean Bosco Yamuremye, it received 1.4% of the vote in the 199 ...
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Liberal Party (Burundi)
The Liberal Party (PL) ( French: Parti Liberal) is a small centrist, predominantly ethnic Hutu political party in Burundi. The party was among the parties that signed the ''Declaration by the Participants to the Peace Negotiations in Burundi'' in 1998 in Arusha, Tanzania. The agreement demonstrates and provides for the following dimensions: # The universal commitment to resolve the Burundi conflict by peaceful means and end all forms of violence. # The commitment to resume talks in one month’s time. # The setting of the agenda for the comprehensive negotiations. # The appointment of the committees which are to assume responsibility for the various agenda items. Formation Parti Liberal was founded in 1992 by Gaëtan Nikobamye and supported President Melchior Ndadaye Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian banker and politician who became the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 Burundia ...
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People's Party (Burundi)
The People's Party (, PP) was a small political party in Burundi led by Shadracik Niyonkuru. History The party was registered on 30 June 1992, and supported winning candidate Melchior Ndadaye of the Front for Democracy in Burundi in the Burundian presidential election, 1993, 1993 presidential elections.Elections in Burundi
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In the Burundian legislative election, 1993, parliamentary elections later in the year the PP received 1.2% of the vote, failing to win a seat. However, it was given a ministerial post in governments formed in 1995, 2001 and 2003.Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p215


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Rally For The People Of Burundi
The Rally for the People of Burundi () is a political party in Burundi. It was headed by Ernest Kabushemeye, until his assassination in 1995, since when Balthazar Bigirimana has been party leader. History The RPB was registered on 12 August 1992. It supported victorious candidate Melchior Ndadaye of the Front for Democracy in Burundi The Front for Democracy in Burundi (, FRODEBU) is a democratic socialist political party in Burundi. History It was formed by followers of Melchior Ndadaye from the disbanded Burundi Workers' Party in 1986. FRODEBU was legalized as a politic ... in the 1993 presidential elections. In the 1993 parliamentary elections it received 1.7% of the vote, failing to win a seat.Burundi: 1993 National Assembly election results
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Union For National Progress
The Union for National Progress (, UPRONA) is a nationalist political party in Burundi. Initially it emerged as a nationalist united front in opposition to Belgian colonial rule but 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 intolerant to their Hutu counterparts, UPRONA remained the dominant force in Burundian politics until the latter stages of the Burundian Civil War in 2003. It is currently a minor opposition party. History Sources differ on the circumstances of UPRONA's founding. According to political scientist Warren Weinstein, UPRONA was created shortly after a 1958 meeting of customary chiefs and clergy convened by Burundian prince Louis Rwagasore and Léopold Biha to discuss nationalist ideas. According to Biha, UPRONA was created in 1957 to protest a Belgian administrative reorganisation that disempowered the monarchy. According to linguist El ...
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