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Cyprien Ntaryamira

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Cyprien Ntaryamira (6 March 1955 – 6 April 1994) was President of Burundi from 5 February 1994 until his death while he was on Juvénal Habyarimana's plane that was shot down. [1]

31 relations: Agriculture, Anatole Kanyenkiko, Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, Belgium, Bujumbura, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi, Burundian Civil War, Burundian presidential election, 1993, Butare, Capital city, Colonel, French language, Front for Democracy in Burundi, Hutu, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Juvénal Habyarimana, Kigali, List of Presidents of Burundi, Melchior Ndadaye, Municipality, National University of Rwanda, Political prisoner, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, Socialism, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Sylvie Kinigi, Tutsi, Union for National Progress, United Nations trust territories.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Anatole Kanyenkiko

Anatole Kanyenkiko (born 1952) was Prime Minister of Burundi from 7 February 1994 to 22 February 1995.

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Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira

The assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on the evening of 6 April 1994 was the catalyst for the Rwandan Genocide.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bujumbura

Bujumbura, (formerly Usumbura), is the capital, largest city, and main port of Burundi.

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Bujumbura Rural Province

Bujumbura Rural Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.

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Burundi

Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi (Republika y'Uburundi,; République du Burundi, or), is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.

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Burundian Civil War

The Burundian Civil War was an armed conflict lasting from 1993 to 2005.

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Burundian presidential election, 1993

Presidential elections were held in Burundi on 1 June 1993 following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum the previous year.

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Butare

Butare is a city (population: 77,000 as of August 2002) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and capital of Huye district.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Colonel

Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Front for Democracy in Burundi

The Front for Democracy in Burundi (Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi, FRODEBU) is a Hutu progressive political party in Burundi.

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Hutu

The Hutu, also known as the Abahutu, are a Bantu ethnic group native to African Great Lakes region of Africa, primarily area now under Burundi and Rwanda.

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Jean-Baptiste Bagaza

Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946–2016) was a Burundian soldier and politician who ruled Burundi as president and de facto military dictator from November 1976 to September 1987.

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Juvénal Habyarimana

Juvénal Habyarimana (March 8, 1937 – April 6, 1994) was the 2nd President of the Republic of Rwanda, serving longer than any other president to date, from 1973 until 1994.

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Kigali

Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda.

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List of Presidents of Burundi

This article lists the Presidents of Burundi since the formation of the post of President of Burundi in 1966 (following the November coup d'état), to the present day.

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Melchior Ndadaye

Melchior Ndadaye (March 28, 1953 – October 21, 1993) was a Burundian intellectual and politician.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single urban or administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate.

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National University of Rwanda

The National University of Rwanda (NUR; Kaminuza nkuru y’u Rwanda, Université nationale du Rwanda) was the largest university in Rwanda. It was located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government in cooperation with the Congregation of the Dominicans from the Province of Quebec, Canada. Its founder and first rector was Father Georges-Henri Lévesque. In 2013, along with all public higher education institutions in Rwanda, it was merged into the newly created University of Rwanda. When it was established, the NUR had three divisions (Faculties of Medicine and Social Sciences, and a Teacher Training College), 51 students and 16 lecturers. The university suffered badly during the genocide and had to close in 1994, reopening in April 1995. At that time English was introduced as a medium of instruction alongside French. As of 2005 it focused on Science and Technology and Humanities, with French and English as the medium of instruction.

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Political prisoner

A political prisoner is someone imprisoned because they have opposed or criticized the government responsible for their imprisonment.

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Rwanda

Rwanda (U Rwanda), officially the Republic of Rwanda (Repubulika y'u Rwanda; République du Rwanda), is a sovereign state in Central and East Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland.

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Rwandan genocide

The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority government.

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Socialism

Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.

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Sylvestre Ntibantunganya

Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (born 8 May 1956) is a Burundi politician.

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Sylvie Kinigi

Sylvie Kinigi (born 1953) was Prime Minister of Burundi from 10 July 1993 to 7 February 1994, and acting President from 27 October 1993 to 5 February 1994, the first and to date only woman to hold these positions.

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Tutsi

The Tutsi, or Abatutsi, are a social class or ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region.

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Union for National Progress

The Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA) is a nationalist political party in Burundi, receiving most of its support from members of the Tutsi ethnic group.

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United Nations trust territories

United Nations trust territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates, and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946.

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Cyrpeni Ntaryamira, Ntaryamira, Cyprien.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprien_Ntaryamira

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