Pierre Ngendandumwe
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Pierre Ngendandumwe was a Burundian politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Burundi in two terms, first from 1963 to 1964 and second for only eight days in January 1965.
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Ngendandumwe meeting with European Commission members, July 1963
Louis Rwagasore
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Prince Louis Rwagasore was a Burundian prince and politician, who was the second prime minister of Burundi for two weeks, from 28 September 1961 until his assassination on 13 October.
Pierre Ngendandumwe
…completion of his education, Ngendandumwe worked in the Belgian colonial administration as an assistant territorial administrator. He supported Prince Louis Rwagasore and was a member of his political party, the Union for National Progress (UPRONA). In July 1961 he was appointed Minister of Finance in the caretaker…
Rwagasore's father, King Mwambutsa IV, on a visit to Israel in 1962
Ruanda-Urundi Governor Jean-Paul Harroy (right), c. 1968
Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, who sent several telegrams to officials in Usumbura inquiring about the role of "Europeans" in Rwagasore's assassination
President Pierre Buyoya, who used Rwagasore as a symbol of national unity