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Ndadaye, Melchior, 1953-1993

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Personal name headingNdadaye, Melchior, 1953-1993
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Associated countryBurundi
Birth date1953-03-28
Death date1993-10
Place of birthMwaro (Burundi : Province)
Place of deathBujumbura (Burundi)
AffiliationNational University of Rwanda Institut technique de banque (France) Gitega (Burundi) Front pour la démocratie au Burundi Union des travailleurs du Burundi Burundi. Cabinet du Président
Profession or occupationPoliticians Presidents
Found inUne démocratie pour tous les Burundais, c1999: p. 253-254 (Ndadaye, Melchior; b. 1953; Président de la République le 10 juillet 1993; assassiné le 21 octobre 1993)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 4, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ndadaye, Melchior; politician, president; born 28 March, 1953 in Mwaro Province, Burundi; ethno group Hutu; obtained license degree on pedagogical studies at faculty of educational sciences of Université nationale du Rwanda (1975-1980); professional studies at Lycée pédagogique, Save, southern Rwanda (1980-1983); diploma of higher banking studies from Institut technique de banque du Conservatoire national des arts et métiers de Paris (1992); launched movement “Bempere” (1976); founded Parti des travailleurs du Burundi (UBU) (1979) and left the party (1982-1983); worked at Centre neuro-psychiatrique de Kamenge, Bujumbura (1984-1986); became director of Coopératives d'épargne et de crédit (COOPEC), Gitega (1986-1988); founded the Front pour la démocratie au Burundi (FRODEBU) (1986); became first secretary of the Union des travailleurs du Burundi (UTB), Gitega (1988); was imprisoned in Rumonge for criticizing the regime (1988); was elected president of the Republic of Burundi (June-October, 1993); was executed by units of the army during the military coup; died at night 20-21 October, 1993 in Bujumbura, Burundi)