Burundi Workers' Party

Burundi Workers' Party Parti des travailleurs du Burundi Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi
Founder	Salvator Buyagu Cyprien Ntaryamira Melchior Ndadaye Jérôme Ndiho Festus Ntanyungu Jean Ndikumana Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
Founded	December 1979
Dissolved	1986
Succeeded by	Front for Democracy in Burundi
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism [1] Hutu interests
Political position	Far-left
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Burundi Workers' Party (French : Parti des travailleurs du Burundi, PTB; Kirundi : Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi, UBU) was a clandestine communist party in Burundi. Its primary constituency was the large Burundian refugee population situated in neighboring Rwanda.

The party was founded in December 1979 by Salvator Buyagu, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Melchior Ndadaye, Jérôme Ndiho, Festus Ntanyungu, Jean Ndikumana, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and several others. ^[2]

When UBU was disbanded, followers of Ndadaye regrouped into the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODÉBU).

References

1. Banshimiyubusa, Denis (2018). Les enjeux et défis de la démocratisation au Burundi. Essai d'analyse et d'interprétation à partir des partis politiques [The issues and challenges of democratization in Burundi. Essay of analysis and interpretation from political parties] (PDF) (PhD thesis) (in French). Université Pau et des Pays de l'Adour. OCLC 1085890695.
2. Waegenaere, Xavier (April 1996). "À la Mémoire de Cyprien Ntaryamira". Ijambo (in French). No. 14. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008.

Sources

• Eggers, Ellen K. Historical dictionary of Burundi. 2nd ed. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1997. ( ISBN   0-8108-3261-5)