Ruler · 1940 – 1983

Michel Micombero

Lived 1940 – 1983; politician. President of Burundi (Burundi), 1966 – 1976.

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Lived: 1940 – 1983; 43 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Burundi
Left it: exiled; the ruler's own article

President of Burundi

Burundi · the 1st of 13 dated reigns · 1966 – 2020

Michel Micombero1966 – 1976

Jean-Baptiste Bagaza1976 – 1987

Pierre Buyoya1987 – 1993

Melchior Ndadaye1993

9 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1966 – 1976 · 10 years · came to it aged 26

Left it: exiledread from the ruler's own article

Micombero was exiled from Burundi in 1977.

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