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Burundi


1995 Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi

1995 Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns

1994 Sylvestre Ntibantunganya elected president of Burundi

1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi

1994 Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated

1993 Military coup by Burundi President Ndadaye/525,000 Hutu's flee

1993 Melchior Ndadaye, banker/1st Hutu President of Burundi (1993), murder at 40

1993 Melchior Ndadaye becomes 1st Hutu Burundi president/Sylvie Kinigi, PM

1993 Melchior Ndadaye elected President of Burundi

1987 Coup in Burundi suspends constitution

1972 Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered

1972 Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup

1966 Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared

1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered

1962 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN

1962 Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)

1962 Rwanda and Burundi become independent


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