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Immaculée Nahayo Nyandwi (1948 - 17 November 2018) was a
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 ...
an politician who was President of the
National Assembly of Burundi The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Parliament in Burundi. It consists of 100 directly elected members (or deputies) and between 18 and 23 co-opted members who serve five-year terms. Deputies are elected in 17 multi-member constituenci ...
from 16 August 2005 to 2007, the first woman to hold this position in Burundi. She was also elected as Speaker of the
African Parliamentary Union The African Parliamentary Union, formerly the Union of African Parliaments, is a continental interparliamentary organization first established in Abidjan on 13 February 1976. The Union aims to bring together the parliamentary institutions of al ...
(APU) to March 2007.


Political career

An ethnic
Hutu The Hutu (), also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic or social group which is native to the African Great Lakes region. They mainly live in Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they form one of the prin ...
member of the
National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy National may refer to: Common uses * Nation A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of ...
(CNDD-FDD), she replaced
Jean Minani Jean Minani is a Burundian politician. He served as President of the National Assembly of Burundi from December 1994 to January 1995 and from January 2002 to August 2005. In 1995, Minani became President of the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODE ...
of the
Front for Democracy in Burundi The Front for Democracy in Burundi (french: link=no, Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, FRODEBU) is a Hutu progressive political party in Burundi. History It was formed by followers of Melchior Ndadaye from the disbanded Burundi Workers' ...
(FRODEBU), who had been National Assembly president since 2002. She subsequently served as Minister of National Solidarity, Repatriation, National Reconstruction, Human Rights, & Gender beginning in July 2007. She has been elected as Adviser in COMESA.


Personal life

Born in Gatara (
Kayanza Province Kayanza Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the ...
), Nahayo was the mother of six children. Her husband, Simon Nyandwi, was
interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
until his death on 22 March 2005. Nyandwi died on 17 November 2018 in Brussels, Belgium, aged 70.


See also

* List of presidents of the National Assembly of Burundi


References

1948 births 2018 deaths Hutu people Presidents of the National Assembly (Burundi) National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy politicians Government ministers of Burundi 21st-century women politicians People from Kayanza Province Women government ministers of Burundi {{Burundi-politician-stub