Ruler · 1956 – present

Sylvestre Ntibantunganya

Born 1956, living; politician. President of Burundi (Burundi), 1994 – 1996.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1956; living
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Burundi
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

President of Burundi

Burundi · the 8th of 13 dated reigns · 1966 – 2020

4 before

François Ngeze1993

Sylvie Kinigi1993 – 1994

Cyprien Ntaryamira1994

Sylvestre Ntibantunganya1994 – 1996

Pierre Buyoya1996 – 2003

Domitien Ndayizeye2003 – 2005

Pierre Nkurunziza2005 – 2020

2 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 1994 – 1996 · 2 years · came to it aged 38

Came to it: elected
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: resigned

The following day he was elected President of the National Assembly.

During the war, he was overthrown during a coup in 1996, and was replaced by former UPRONA president Pierre Buyoya.

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