Michel Micombero
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Michel Micombero was a Burundian military officer and politician who ruled the country as de facto military dictator for the decade between 1966 and 1976. He was the last Prime Minister of the Kingdom
Burundian delegates at the Soviet-sponsored 1973 World Festival of Youth and Students in East Germany. Micombero managed to navigate between communist and capitalist powers during the Cold War.
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
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Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was a Burundian army officer and politician who ruled Burundi as president and de facto military dictator from November 1976 to September 1987.
Michel Micombero
…around 100,000 people, mainly Hutus, were killed. His regime finally collapsed in 1976 when he was ousted in a coup d'état by another army officer, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, who installed himself as president. Micombero went into exile in Somalia, where he died in 1983. Micombero was born in Rutovu, Bururi Province in…
Bagaza in 1978
Visit of Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, President and Minister for Defence of Brurundi, to the CEC.