Pierre Buyoya
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Pierre Buyoya was a Burundian army officer and politician who served as the seventh president of Burundi from 1996 to 2003. Having previously served as the fifth president from 1987 to 1993, Buyoya wa
Buyoya in 2013
Buyoya in 1990
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.
Pierre Buyoya
…legal party, UPRONA and quickly rose through the ranks of the Burundian military. In 1987, he led a military coup d'état that overthrew his predecessor Jean-Baptiste Bagaza and enabled him to seize power. Leading an oppressive military junta, Hutu uprisings in 1988 led to the killings of an estimated 20,000 people. Buyoya…
Bagaza in 1978
Visit of Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, President and Minister for Defence of Brurundi, to the CEC.