The Politics of Burundi takes place in a framework of a transitional presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the President of Burundi is both head of state and head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament,the Senate and the National Assembly.
The BurundiNational Defence Force is the state military organisation responsible for the defence of Burundi.
Burundi originated in the 16th century as a small kingdom in the African Great Lakes region. After European contact,it was united with the Kingdom of Rwanda,becoming the colony of Ruanda-Urundi - first colonised by Germany and then by Belgium. The colony gained independence in 1962,and split once again into Rwanda and Burundi. It is one of the few countries in Africa to be a direct territorial continuation of a pre-colonial era African state.
Bujumbura,formerly Usumbura,is the economic capital,largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export,coffee,as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's normal capital. In late December 2018,Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status,with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019,with all branches of government expected to move to Gitega within three years.
The position of vice-president of the Republic of Burundi was created in June 1998,when a transitional constitution went into effect. It replaced the post of Prime Minister.
The Council of Ministers of Burundi are the senior level of the executive branch of Burundi and consists of the Prime Minister of Burundi and various Ministers. The 2018 constitution,which enshrines ethnically based power-sharing,requires that at most 60% of ministers come from the ethnic Hutu majority and at most 40% hail from the Tutsi minority. At least 30% of government ministers must be women. The members of the council are directly appointed by the President in consultation with the Vice-President and Prime minister.
Nasser Saidi is a Lebanese politician and economist who served as the minister of economy and industry and the Vice Governor for the Lebanese central banks for several terms in the last decade of the 20th century.
Saidi Ntibazonkiza is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Tanzanian Premier League club Simba and the Burundi national team.
Saidi Ndikumana is a Burundian defender who played with AS Rangers in the Burundi Second Division.
Mahdzir bin Khalid is a Malaysian politician and teacher who served as the Minister of Rural Development in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of BN administration in November 2022,Minister of Education,Deputy Minister of Energy,Green Technology and Water in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Maximus Ongkili from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018,Chairman of the Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) from May 2020 to October 2021,Member of Parliament (MP) for Padang Terap from May 2013 to November 2022,the 9th Menteri Besar of Kedah from December 2005 to March 2008,Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) from March 2004 to his promotion to Menteri Besar in December 2005 and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pedu from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a Member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Padang Terap of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of UMNO of Kedah since March 2023. He also served as the Vice President of UMNO from June 2018 to his defeat in the party elections in March 2023.
Burundi,officially the Republic of Burundi,is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and East Africa. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north,Tanzania to the east and southeast,and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west;Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border. The capital cities are Gitega and Bujumbura,the latter being the country's largest city.
The 1996 Burundian coup d'état was a military coup d'état that took place in Burundi on 25 July 1996. In the midst of the Burundi Civil War,former president Pierre Buyoya deposed Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. According to Amnesty International,in the weeks following the coup,more than 6,000 people were killed in the country. This was Buyoya's second successful coup,having overthrown Jean-Baptiste Bagaza in 1987.
Selemani Saidi Jafo is a Tanzanian CCM politician. He has been a Member of Parliament for the Kisarawe constituency since 2010.
Saidi Tama Nduwimana is a Burundian professional footballer,who plays as a goalkeeper for AS Inter Star in the Burundi Football League.
Ridhiwani Jakaya Kikwete is a Tanzanian lawyer and CCM politician. He is currently a Deputy Minister of State Office of the President Public Service Management and Good Governance in Tanzania. Member of Parliament for Chalinze Constituency (CCM).
On 13 May 2015,army general Godefroid Niyombare said that he was "dismissing President Pierre Nkurunziza" following the 2015 Burundian unrest. However,the presidency tweeted that the "situation is under control" and there is "no coup".
On 28 November 1966,Michel Micombero,Burundi's 26-year-old Prime Minister,ousted the 19-year-old king (mwami) of Burundi,Ntare V,in a coup d'état. Ntare was out of the country at the time and the coup leaders quickly succeeded in taking control. Micombero declared an end to the monarchy and the Kingdom of Burundi became a republic,with Micombero as its first President.
Burundi–India relations are the international relations that exist between Burundi and India. Apart from bilateral relations,India also engages with Burundi through the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs).
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bujumbura,Burundi.
Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni is a Burundian politician who was Prime Minister of Burundi from 23 June 2020 to 7 September 2022. Before that,from 2015 until 2020,he served as Minister of Internal Security in the Cabinet of Burundi.
