Édouard Nzambimana (20 December 1945 – September 2015)
was
Prime Minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
of
Burundi
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from 12 November 1976 until 13 October 1978, when the post was abolished. He then became foreign affairs minister, serving until 1982.
Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Nzambimana had been educated in
Belgium
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and was a
Lieutenant-Colonel in the army.
References
1945 births
2015 deaths
Prime ministers of Burundi
Burundian military personnel
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