Domitien Ndayizeye
Domitien Ndayizeye | |
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8th President of Burundi | |
In office 30 April 2003 – 26 August 2005 | |
Vice President | Alphonse-Marie Kadege Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro |
Preceded by | Pierre Buyoya |
Succeeded by | Pierre Nkurunziza |
Vice-President of Burundi | |
In office 1 November 2001 – 30 April 2003 | |
President | Pierre Buyoya |
Preceded by | Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira Mathias Sinamenye |
Succeeded by | Alphonse-Marie Kadege |
Personal details | |
Born | Murango, Kayanza Province, Burundi | 2 May 1953
Political party | Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) |
Domitien Ndayizeye (born 2 May 1953) is a Burundian politician who was President of Burundi from 2003 to 2005. He succeeded Pierre Buyoya, as president on 30 April 2003, after serving as Buyoya's vice president for 18 months. Ndayizeye remained in office until succeeded by Pierre Nkurunziza on 26 August 2005.
Ndayizeye currently serves as head of the National Gathering for Change (RANAC).[1]
In 1994 he was appointed director of the National Intelligence Service by President Cyprien Ntaryamira.[2]
In 2004, Ndayizeye proposed a draft constitution to the parliament prior to it being put to the electorate in referendum later in the year. Relations with the Tutsi group were strained, reflected in their boycotting of the legislative session due to consider the proposal. Due to a lack of preparation, the ballot was postponed to late November 2004.
Burundi is still trying to emerge from a
The interim government pledged to more equitably share power between the two main ethnic groups.
On 21 August 2006, Ndayizeye was arrested in
During 2010 general elections, as his party representative, he ran for the presidential seat but decided to withdraw from the race together with all opposition parties, after they accused the ruling party of rigging previous councilors' elections.[5]
After opposition politician
References
- ^ a b Christian Irambona & Don Melvin (24 May 2015). "Opposition suspends talks as Burundi's crisis grows worse". CNN. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "New President". Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series. Vol. 40. 2003. p. 15262.
- ^ "Burundi's former leader arrested", BBC News, August 21, 2006.
- ^ "I never planned a coup, says Ndayizeye", Reuters (IOL), December 20, 2006.
- ^ Patrick Nduwimana, "Ndayizeye acquitted of coup plot in Burundi", Reuters (IOL), January 16, 2007.