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  Pierre Nkurunziza in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Nkurunziza was born in 1963 in Burundi's capital city of Bujumbura.
Nkurunziza was a lecturer at Burundi University when civil war broke out in the country following the assassination of Burundi's first ethnic Hutu president, Melchior Ndadaye, in 1993.
A self-described 'born again' Christian, Pierre Nkurunziza married his wife in 1994 and is the father of two boys.
www.tutorgig.com /ed/Pierre_Nkurunziza   (498 words)

  
 Burundi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tutsi-dominated army responded by massacring hundreds of thousands of Hutus.
Years of instability followed until 1996, when former president Pierre Buyoya took power in a coup.
In August 2000, a peace-deal agreed by all but two of Burundi's political groups laid out a timetable for the restoration of democracy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burundi   (1742 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Burundi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The political landscape of Burundi has been dominated in recent years by the civil war and a long peace process and move to democracy.
The current President of Burundi is Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy who was elected unopposed as the new President of Burundi by the parliament on 19 August 2005.
Nkurunziza was the first president chosen through democratic means since the start of the civil war in 1993 and was sworn in on 26 August, replacing Domitien Ndayizeye.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Burundi   (2717 words)

  
 Burundi
In Sept. 1987 Bagaza was overthrown by Maj. Pierre Buyoya, who became president.
In Aug. 2005, former Hutu rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza was elected president by Parliament.
The peaceful transfer of power to a democratically elected leader seemed to indicate that Burundi's 12-year civil war may truly be at an end.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107374.html   (806 words)

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