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Michel Micombero

1940 - 1983

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Michel Micombero (26 August 1940 – 16 July 1983) 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 of Burundi from July to November 1966, and the first President of the country from November 1966 until his overthrow in 1976. Micombero was an ethnic Tutsi who began his career as an officer in the Burundian military at the time of Burundi's independence in 1962. He studied abroad and was given a ministerial portfolio on his return. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Micombero is the 11,199th most popular politician (up from 11,677th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Burundi (down from 5th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Burundian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Micombero ranks 11,199 out of 19,576. Before him are Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Henuttaneb, Edmund Barton, Mawdud of Ghazni, Ants Piip, and Hans-Jochen Vogel. After him are Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Giovanni Lanza, Epeius of Phocis, Motilal Nehru, Constantina, and Phoumi Vongvichit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Michel Micombero ranks 231. Before him are Endre Szemerédi, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Robert Walker, Charles Robert Jenkins, John Havlicek, and Roger Ailes. After him are Jon Elster, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Stan Mikita, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Bob Hewitt, and Thelma Schoonmaker. Among people deceased in 1983, Michel Micombero ranks 117. Before him are Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Christophe Soglo, Paul de Man, Lina Radke, Jørgen Juve, and Ira Gershwin. After him are Oddbjørn Hagen, Juan Carlos Zabala, Cathy Berberian, Raymond Massey, Gunta Stölzl, and Ernst Degner.

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In Burundi

Among people born in Burundi, Michel Micombero ranks 6 out of 21. Before him are Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968), Pierre Nkurunziza (1963), Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946), Pierre Buyoya (1949), and Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912). After him are Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955), Louis Rwagasore (1932), Domitien Ndayizeye (1951), Ntare V of Burundi (1947), Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (1956), and Khadja Nin (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burundi

Among politicians born in Burundi, Michel Micombero ranks 6. Before him are Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968), Pierre Nkurunziza (1963), Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946), Pierre Buyoya (1949), and Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912). After him are Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955), Louis Rwagasore (1932), Domitien Ndayizeye (1951), Ntare V of Burundi (1947), Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (1956), and Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni (1972).

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