Prime Minister of Burundi

This article lists the prime ministers of Burundi since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Burundi in 1961 until the present day. The office of prime minister was most recently abolished in 1998, and reinstated in 2020 with the appointment of Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni.<ref name="Tih">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Africanews.com">Template:Cite news</ref>

Counting both the Kingdom and Republic periods, a total of sixteen people have served in the office (not counting one acting prime minister). Additionally, two people, Pierre Ngendandumwe and Albin Nyamoya, served on two non-consecutive occasions. The current prime minister is Nestor Ntahontuye, since 5 August 2025.

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other factions

Status

Prime ministers of the Kingdom of Burundi

Template:Abbr		Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Ethnic group	Political party	King(s) Template:Small
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Part of Ruanda-Urundi									Mwambutsa IV File:Mwambutsa 1962.jpg Template:Small
1	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Joseph Cimpaye Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1961	Template:Nowrap 1961	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	UPP
2	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:BDI 1963 MiNr0044A pm B002.jpg	Louis Rwagasore Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1961	Template:Nowrap 1961 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA
3	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	André Muhirwa Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1961	Template:Nowrap 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA
Independent country
Template:Small	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	André Muhirwa Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1962	Template:Nowrap 1963	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA
4	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:Pierre Ngendandumwe cropped.jpg	Pierre Ngendandumwe Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1963	Template:Nowrap 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	UPRONA
5	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Albin Nyamoya Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1964	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA
Template:Small	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:Pierre Ngendandumwe cropped.jpg	Pierre Ngendandumwe Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Nowrap 1965 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	UPRONA
–	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Pié Masumbuko Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA
6	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Joseph Bamina Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	UPRONA
7	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Léopold Biha Template:Small Template:Efn	Template:Nowrap 1965	Template:Nowrap 1966 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA
8	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:Prime Minister Micombero in 1966.png	Michel Micombero Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1966	Template:Nowrap 1966 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	Military / UPRONA	Ntare V File:Ntare V.png Template:Small

Prime ministers of the Republic of Burundi

Template:Abbr		Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Ethnic group	Political party	President(s) Template:Small
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Post abolished (28 November 1966 – 15 July 1972)
1	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Albin Nyamoya Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1972	Template:Nowrap 1973	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Michel Micombero File:Prime Minister Micombero in 1966.png Template:Small
Post abolished (5 June 1973 – 12 November 1976)
2	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Édouard Nzambimana Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1976	Template:Nowrap 1978	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Jean-Baptiste Bagaza File:Jean Baptiste Bagaza - 1978 (3x4 cropped).tiff Template:Small
Post abolished (13 October 1978 – 19 October 1988)
3	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:Adrien Sibomana - 1991.jpg	Adrien Sibomana Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1988	Template:Nowrap 1993	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	UPRONA	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Pierre Buyoya File:Pierre Buyoya 1990 (3x4 cropped).jpg Template:Small
4	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:Sylvie Kinigi at Bujumbura airport, 1993 (3x4 cropped).jpg	Sylvie Kinigi Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1993	Template:Nowrap 1994	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Melchior Ndadaye File:Melchior Ndadaye (cropped).png Template:Small
	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;" |								Herself Template:Small
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |								Cyprien Ntaryamira File:Cyprien Ntaryamira at a FRODEBU rally (cropped).jpg Template:Small
5	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Anatole Kanyenkiko Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1994	Template:Nowrap 1995	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" |								Sylvestre Ntibantunganya File:Visit of Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, President of Burundi, to the EC (3x4 cropped).jpg Template:Small
6	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Antoine Nduwayo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1995	Template:Nowrap 1996 Template:Efn	Template:Age in years and days	Tutsi	UPRONA
7	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:Pascal-Firmin Ndimira cropped.jpg	Pascal-Firmin Ndimira Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1996	Template:Nowrap 1998	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	UPRONA	rowspan="1" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Pierre Buyoya File:Pierre Buyoya at Chatham House 2013 (3x4 cropped).jpg Template:Small
Post abolished (12 June 1998 – 24 June 2020)
8	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni 2020 (cropped).jpg	Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2020	Template:Nowrap 2022	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	CNDD–FDD	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Évariste Ndayishimiye File:Évariste Ndayishimiye (3x4 farther cropped).jpg Template:Small
9	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Gervais Ndirakobuca Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2022	Template:Nowrap 2025	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	CNDD–FDD
10	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	File:No image.png	Nestor Ntahontuye Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2025	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	Hutu	CNDD–FDD

Timeline

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See also

• Politics of Burundi
• List of kings of Burundi
• President of Burundi
  • List of presidents of Burundi
• Vice-President of Burundi
• List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi
  • List of colonial residents of Burundi

External links

• World Statesmen – Burundi