Pierre Buyoya
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title:
Pierre Buyoya
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Pierre Buyoya was a Burundian army officer and politician who served two terms as President of Burundi in 1987 to 1993 and 1996 to 2003. He was the second-longest-serving president in Burundian history. An ethnic Tutsi, Buyoya joined the sole 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
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President of Burundi, 1987–1993 and 1996–2003
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Buyoya
date created:
2004-04-24T21:07:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T17:30:19Z
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