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Melchior Ndadaye

1953 - 1993

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Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian banker and politician who became the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 election. Though he attempted to smooth the country's bitter ethnic divide, his reforms antagonised soldiers in the Tutsi-dominated army, and he was assassinated amidst a failed military coup in October 1993, after only three months in office. His assassination sparked an array of brutal tit-for-tat massacres between the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups, and ultimately led to the decade-long Burundi Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melchior Ndadaye is the 12,360th most popular politician (down from 11,179th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Rwanda (down from 6th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Rwandan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Melchior Ndadaye ranks 12,360 out of 19,576. Before him are N. Chandrababu Naidu, Kurigalzu II, Ricardo Maduro, Eduardo Dato, Marcantonio Giustinian, and Jamil Mardam Bey. After him are Rickard Sandler, Filipp Makharadze, Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Tung Chee-hwa, and Kalkot Mataskelekele.

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Among people born in 1953, Melchior Ndadaye ranks 219. Before him are Pat Benatar, Ante Čačić, Richard Bremmer, Francesco Moraglia, Attilio Bettega, and Alexander Beliavsky. After him are Shavarsh Karapetyan, Johnny Clegg, Sergey Mironov, Vincent Curatola, Anna Thomson, and Barry Sonnenfeld. Among people deceased in 1993, Melchior Ndadaye ranks 137. Before him are Blaže Koneski, Hans Christian Blech, Steve James, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Valentina Grizodubova, and Reuben Fine. After him are Sam Wanamaker, Mick Ronson, Bertus Aafjes, Thurgood Marshall, Edward Bernard Raczyński, and David Koresh.

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In Rwanda

Among people born in Rwanda, Melchior Ndadaye ranks 10 out of 28. Before him are Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), Félicien Kabuga (1933), Pasteur Bizimungu (1950), and Antoine Kambanda (1958). After him are Paul Rusesabagina (1954), Scholastique Mukasonga (1956), Sylvie Kinigi (1952), Théoneste Bagosora (1941), Édouard Ngirente (1973), and Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Rwanda

Among politicians born in Rwanda, Melchior Ndadaye ranks 8. Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana (1937), Kigeli V of Rwanda (1936), Mutara III Rudahigwa (1911), Grégoire Kayibanda (1924), Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953), and Pasteur Bizimungu (1950). After him are Sylvie Kinigi (1952), Théoneste Bagosora (1941), Édouard Ngirente (1973), Dominique Mbonyumutwa (1921), Jean Kambanda (1955), and Faustin Twagiramungu (1945).

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