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Pierre Buyoya

1949 - 2020

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Pierre Buyoya (24 November 1949 – 17 December 2020) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Buyoya is the 10,700th most popular politician (down from 9,232nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Burundi (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Burundian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Buyoya ranks 10,700 out of 19,576. Before him are Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Wakatsuki Reijirō, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Yekaterina Furtseva. After him are Hamadi Jebali, Konstantinos Paspatis, Wincenty Witos, Margherita Aldobrandini, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, and Patrick Henry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Pierre Buyoya ranks 247. Before him are Francis Rossi, Mikhail Boyarsky, Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Veronica Cartwright, Paulo Cézar Caju, and Rob Cohen. After him are Hamadi Jebali, Jamil Mahuad, Alain Finkielkraut, Hennie Kuiper, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, and John Illsley. Among people deceased in 2020, Pierre Buyoya ranks 233. Before him are Jack Sherman, Dyanne Thorne, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Guido Messina, Rishi Kapoor, and Nexhmije Pagarusha. After him are Mario Corso, Gisèle Halimi, Zindzi Mandela, Orson Bean, James Flynn, and Bobby Morrow.

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In Burundi

Among people born in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya ranks 4 out of 21. Before him are Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968), Pierre Nkurunziza (1963), and Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946). After him are Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912), Michel Micombero (1940), 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, Pierre Buyoya ranks 4. Before him are Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968), Pierre Nkurunziza (1963), and Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946). After him are Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912), Michel Micombero (1940), 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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