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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...
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constitution of 1974
adopted in 1976. The constitution,
written by
Micombero,
affirmed Micombero's position as the
first president of Burundi. The
powers of the...
- his own father. He
reigned until November, when
prime minister Michel Micombero overthrew him,
ending the
Burundian monarchy. He went into
exile but returned...
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Defence Force. The
office of the
presidency was
established when
Michel Micombero declared Burundi a
republic on 28
November 1966. The
first constitution...
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through the
ranks under the rule of
Michel Micombero after his rise to
power in 1966.
Bagaza deposed Micombero in a
bloodless coup d'état in 1976 and took...
- genocide,
Micombero became mentally distraught and withdrawn. In 1976,
Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, a Tutsi, led a
bloodless coup to
topple Micombero and set...
- failed. The
Tutsi dominated army, then led by
Tutsi officer Captain Michel Micombero purged Hutu from
their ranks and
carried out
reprisal attacks which ultimately...
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became an
integral part of the one-party
state established by
Michel Micombero after 1966.
Dominated by
members of the
Tutsi ethnic group and increasingly...
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Ndizeye was
deposed by
Prime Minister and
Chief of Staff,
Colonel Michel Micombero, who
abolished the
monarchy and
declared a
republic following the November...
- On 28
November 1966,
Michel Micombero, Burundi's 26-year-old
Prime Minister,
ousted the 19-year-old king (mwami) of Burundi,
Ntare V, in a coup d'état...
