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The [[president of Burundi]] is the [[head of state]] and [[head of government]] of the [[Burundi|Republic of Burundi]]. The president is also [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Burundi National Defence Force|National Defence Force]]. The office of the presidency was established when [[Michel Micombero]] declared Burundi a republic on [[November 1966 Burundian coup d'état|28 November 1966]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/18/obituaries/michel-micombero-43-dies-former-president-of-burundi.html |title=Michel Micombero, 43, dies; Former president of Burundi |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 July 1983 |agency=[[United Press International|UPI]] |at=Section B., p. 5 |access-date= 10 July 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603043412/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/18/obituaries/michel-micombero-43-dies-former-president-of-burundi.html |archive-date=3 June 2023}}</ref> The first constitution to specify the powers and duties of the president was the constitution of 1974, which was adopted in 1976.<ref name=":3" /> Written by Micombero, the constitution affirmed his position as the first president of Burundi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Burundi's Constitution of 2005 |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Burundi_2005.pdf |publisher=[[Comparative Constitutions Project]] |access-date=1 July 2024 |pages=17, 20 |archive-date=20 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220125821/https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Burundi_2005.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The powers of the president derive from the [[Constitution of Burundi|latest constitution]], implemented in 2005 as a result of the [[Arusha Accords (Burundi)|2000 Arusha Accords]] after the [[Burundian Civil War]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Manirakiza |first=Pacifique |title=The 2005 Constitution of Burundi |url=http://www.icla.up.ac.za/images/country_reports/burundi_country_report.pdf |publisher=[[University of Ottawa]] |url-status=dead |access-date=28 April 2019 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904160047/http://www.icla.up.ac.za/images/country_reports/burundi_country_report.pdf}}</ref>{{update after|2025}}

Nine people have served in the office since Burundi became a republic. Only one president, [[Pierre Buyoya]], has served on two non-consecutive occasions.<ref name="LeMonde1">{{cite news |title=Biographie de Pierre Buyoya |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2001/04/18/biographie-de-pierre-buyoya_174487_1819218.html |access-date=18 July 2024 |newspaper=[[Le Monde]] |date=18 April 2001 |language=fr |trans-title=Biography of Pierre Buyoya |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403223924/https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2001/04/18/biographie-de-pierre-buyoya_174487_1819218.html |archive-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> [[Sylvie Kinigi]] was the [[List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government|first and only woman]] who has served in the role (on an interim basis).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://africafeeds.com/2021/03/20/meet-the-women-who-became-presidents-in-africa/ |title=Meet the women who became presidents in Africa |date=20 March 2021 |publisher=[[Africa Feeds Media Limited]] |access-date= 18 July 2024 |quote=Kinigi ... served as Prime Minister of Burundi... She also served as acting President ... the first and to date only woman to hold these positions in Burundi. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320020431/https://africafeeds.com/2021/03/20/meet-the-women-who-became-presidents-in-africa/ |archive-date=20 March 2022}}</ref> The current president, [[Évariste Ndayishimiye]], has been serving in the role since 18 June 2020.

==List of officeholders==
;Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|Union for National Progress}}|[[Union for National Progress]] (UPRONA)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Front for Democracy in Burundi}}|[[Front for Democracy in Burundi]] (FRODEBU)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}}|[[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy]] (CNDD–FDD)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Status
{{legend|#E6E6AA|text={{Double dagger|alt=Indicates a temporary assignment}}|Denotes [[Acting (law)|acting]] president|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Symbols
{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+List of presidents of Burundi<ref name=parties>{{cite book |isbn=9781544384733 |title=Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021 |editor=Tom Lansford |publisher=[[CQ Press]] |date=31 May 2021 |pages=240–242}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" scope="col" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Elected
! colspan="3" scope="colgroup" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |[[Ethnic groups in Burundi|Ethnic group]]
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |[[List of political parties in Burundi|Political party]]
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |[[Prime Minister of Burundi|Prime minister(s)]]
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Ref.}}
|-
! scope="col" | Took office
! scope="col" | Left office
! scope="col" | Time in office
|-
| 1
! style="background:{{party color|Union for National Progress}}" |
| [[File:Prime Minister Micombero in 1966.png|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Michel Micombero]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Michel|Micombero}}<br />{{small|(1940–1983)}}
| —
| {{dts|28 November 1966}}
| {{dts|1 November 1976}}<br />{{small|([[1976 Burundian coup d'état|Deposed in coup]])}}
| {{ayd|1966|11|28|1976|11|1}}
| [[Tutsi]]
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]] / <br />[[Burundi National Defence Force#Independence and early history (1962–1993)|Military]]
| [[Albin Nyamoya|Nyamoya]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Necrológicas - Michel Micombero, ex presidente de Burundi |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1983/07/18/agenda/427327201_850215.html |date=1983-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712093956/https://elpais.com/diario/1983/07/18/agenda/427327201_850215.html |archive-date=2024-07-12 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[El País]] |language=es |trans-title=Obituary - Michel Micombero, former president of Burundi |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2
! style="background:{{party color|Union for National Progress}}" |
| [[File:Jean Baptiste Bagaza - 1978 (3x4 cropped).tiff|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Jean-Baptiste Bagaza]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Jean-Baptiste|Bagaza}}<br />{{small|(1946–2016)}}<br />{{efn|Styled as ''Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council'' until 10 November 1976.}}
| [[1984 Burundian presidential election|1984]]
| {{dts|1 November 1976}}
| {{dts|3 September 1987}}<br />{{small|([[1987 Burundian coup d'état|Deposed in coup]])}}
| {{ayd|1976|11|1|1987|9|3}}
| Tutsi
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]] / <br />[[Burundi National Defence Force#Independence and early history (1962–1993)|Military]]
| [[Édouard Nzambimana|Nzambimana]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/jean-baptiste-bagaza-ousted-burundian-president-dies-at-69/2016/05/05/37aca636-12cc-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, ousted Burundian president, dies at 69 |date=5 May 2016 |author=Emily Langer |access-date=12 July 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326070244/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/jean-baptiste-bagaza-ousted-burundian-president-dies-at-69/2016/05/05/37aca636-12cc-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 3
! style="background:{{party color|Union for National Progress}}" |
| [[File:Pierre Buyoya 1990 (3x4 cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Pierre Buyoya]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Pierre|Buyoya}}<br />{{small|(1949–2020)}}<br />{{efn|Styled as ''Chairman of the Military Committee of National Salvation'' until 9 September 1987.}}
| —
| {{dts|3 September 1987}}
| {{dts|10 July 1993}}
| {{ayd|1987|9|3|1993|7|10}}
| Tutsi
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]] / <br />[[Burundi National Defence Force#Independence and early history (1962–1993)|Military]]
| [[Adrien Sibomana|Sibomana]]
| <ref name="Buyoya">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/pierre-buyoya-burundian-president-who-led-two-coups-dies-at-71/2020/12/18/1881a866-4179-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html |title=Pierre Buyoya, Burundian president who led two coups, dies at 71 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=18 December 2020 |access-date= 12 July 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713112654/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/pierre-buyoya-burundian-president-who-led-two-coups-dies-at-71/2020/12/18/1881a866-4179-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html |archive-date=13 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 4
! style="background:{{party color|Front for Democracy in Burundi}}" |
| [[File:Melchior Ndadaye (cropped).png|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Melchior Ndadaye]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Melchior|Ndadaye}}<br />{{small|(1953–1993)}}
| [[1993 Burundian presidential election|1993]]
| {{dts|10 July 1993}}
| {{dts|21 October 1993}}<br />{{small|([[1993 Burundian coup attempt|Assassinated]])}}
| {{ayd|1993|7|10|1993|10|21}}
| [[Hutu]]
| [[Front for Democracy in Burundi|FRODEBU]]
| [[Sylvie Kinigi|Kinigi]]
| <ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13087604 |title=Burundi profile - Timeline |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=4 November 2022 |access-date=12 July 2024 |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712092125/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13087604 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| {{Sort|4.1|—}}
! style="background:{{party color|Union for National Progress}}" |
| [[File:No image.png|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|François|Ngeze}}{{Double dagger}}<br />{{small|(born 1953)}}<br />{{efn|Styled as ''Chairman of the Committee of Public Salvation''; in rebellion.}}
| —
| {{dts|21 October 1993}}
| {{dts|27 October 1993}}
| {{ayd|1993|10|21|1993|10|27}}
| Hutu
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]] / <br />[[Burundi National Defence Force#Independence and early history (1962–1993)|Military]]
| —
| <ref name="bbc" />
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| {{Sort|4.2|—}}
! style="background:{{party color|Union for National Progress}}" |
| [[File:Sylvie Kinigi at Bujumbura airport, 1993 (3x4 cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Sylvie Kinigi]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Sylvie|Kinigi}}{{Double dagger}}<br />{{small|(born 1953)}}<br />{{efn|On 21 October 1993, President Ndadaye and several other officials were killed by Tutsi soldiers in a coup attempt, leaving Prime Minister Kinigi the highest-ranking official alive and the de facto head of state of Burundi. Kinigi joined her surviving ministers in the French embassy until she could return to her residence under French military guard as the coup failed.}}{{efn|On 8 November 1993 the Constitutional Court ruled that "the government acting collegially" assumed the responsibilities of the interim presidency until a new president could be elected.<ref>{{Citation| title = La Cour constitutionnelle de la République du Burundi siegeant en matiere de constatation de la vacance du poste de Président de la République a rendu l'arret suivant |language=fr |trans-title=Constitutional Court of the Republic of Burundi sitting on the matter of establishing the vacancy of the post of President of the Republic has rendered the following judgment
|publisher = [[Constitutional Court of Burundi]]| date = 8 November 1993| url = https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AApo1azStvtZHCc&cid=F0D39C30495D5A2A&id=F0D39C30495D5A2A%21164&parId=F0D39C30495D5A2A%21115&o=OneUp| via = Great Lakes of Africa Centre| access-date = 22 September 2021| archive-date = 7 March 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220307102833/https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AApo1azStvtZHCc&cid=F0D39C30495D5A2A&id=F0D39C30495D5A2A!164&parId=F0D39C30495D5A2A!115&o=OneUp| url-status = live}}</ref>}}
| —
| {{dts|27 October 1993}}{{efn|''De facto'' President from 21 October 1993.}}
| {{dts|5 February 1994}}
| {{ayd|1993|10|27|1994|2|5}}
| Tutsi
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| ''Herself''
| <ref>{{cite journal |title=Women Political Leaders - Past and Present |doi=10.1300/J014v26n03_04 |author=Farida Jalalzai |journal=[[Women & Politics]] |year=2004 |volume=26 |issue=3–4 |pages=85–108 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J014v26n03_04 |access-date=12 July 2024 |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712092113/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J014v26n03_04 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
| 5
! style="background:{{party color|Front for Democracy in Burundi}}" |
| [[File:Cyprien Ntaryamira at a FRODEBU rally (cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Cyprien Ntaryamira]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Cyprien|Ntaryamira}}<br />{{small|(1955–1994)}}
| 1994
| {{dts|5 February 1994}}
| {{dts|6 April 1994}}<br />{{small|([[Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira|Assassinated]])}}
| {{ayd|1994|2|5|1994|4|6}}
| Hutu
| [[Front for Democracy in Burundi|FRODEBU]]
| Kinigi<br />[[Anatole Kanyenkiko|Kanyenkiko]]
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-cyprien-ntaryamira-1368521.html |title=Obituary: Cyprien Ntaryamira |author=Anver Versi |date=7 April 1994 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |quote=President of Burundi 1994; ... died Kigali, Rwanda 6 April 1994|access-date= 17 July 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613000613/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-cyprien-ntaryamira-1368521.html |archive-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 6
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Front for Democracy in Burundi}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Visit of Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, President of Burundi, to the EC (3x4 cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Sylvestre Ntibantunganya]]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | {{Sortname|Sylvestre|Ntibantunganya}}<br />{{small|(born 1956)}}
| —
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" | {{dts|6 April 1994}}{{Double dagger}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" | {{dts|1 October 1994}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ayd|1994|4|6|1996|7|25}}
| rowspan="2" | Hutu
| rowspan="2" | [[Front for Democracy in Burundi|FRODEBU]]
| rowspan="2" | Kanyenkiko<br />[[Antoine Nduwayo|Nduwayo]]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="bbc" />
|-
| 1994
| {{dts|1 October 1994}}
| {{dts|25 July 1996}}<br />{{small|([[1996 Burundian coup d'état|Deposed in coup]])}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{Sort|6.1|(3)}}
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Union for National Progress}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Pierre Buyoya at Chatham House 2013 (3x4 cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Pierre Buyoya]]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | {{Sortname|Pierre|Buyoya}}<br />{{small|(1949–2020)}}
| rowspan="2" | —
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" | {{dts|25 July 1996}}{{Double dagger}}
| style="background:#e6e6aa;" | {{dts|11 June 1998}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ayd|1996|7|25|2003|4|30}}
| rowspan="2" | Tutsi
| rowspan="2" | [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| [[Pascal-Firmin Ndimira|Ndimira]]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Buyoya" />
|-
| {{dts|11 June 1998}}
| {{dts|30 April 2003}}
| rowspan="3" | ''Position abolished''
|-
| 7
! style="background:{{party color|Front for Democracy in Burundi}}" |
| [[File:Domitien Ndayizeye, President of Burundi (2) (cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.40|alt=Domitien Ndayizeye]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Domitien|Ndayizeye}}<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}
| —
| {{dts|30 April 2003}}
| {{dts|26 August 2005}}
| {{ayd|2003|4|30|2005|8|26}}
| Hutu
| [[Front for Democracy in Burundi|FRODEBU]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5271828.stm |title=Burundi's former leader arrested |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=21 August 2006 |access-date=12 July 2024 |archive-date=22 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822132200/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5271828.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 8
! style="background:{{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}}" |
| [[File:President Nkurunziza of Burundi (6920275109) (cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.40|Pierre Nkurunziza]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Pierre|Nkurunziza}}<br />{{small|(1964–2020)}}
| [[2005 Burundian presidential election|2005]]<br />[[2010 Burundian presidential election|2010]]<br />[[2015 Burundian presidential election|2015]]
| {{dts|26 August 2005}}
| {{dts|8 June 2020}}{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| {{ayd|2005|8|26|2020|6|8}}
| Hutu
| [[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy|CNDD–FDD]]
| <ref name="National_Post_9_6">{{cite news |title=Outgoing Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza dies |url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/politics-news-pmn/outgoing-burundian-president-pierre-nkurunziza-dies |access-date=12 July 2024 |newspaper=[[National Post]] |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=9 June 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710080358/https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/politics-news-pmn/outgoing-burundian-president-pierre-nkurunziza-dies |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/10/obituary-burundis-president-pierre-nkurunziza |title=Obituary: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza |date=10 June 2020 |author=Hamza Mohamed |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |access-date= 17 July 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717100323/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/10/obituary-burundis-president-pierre-nkurunziza |archive-date=17 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="12"| Vacant ({{Dts|format=dmy|2020|June|8}} – {{Dts|format=dmy|2020|June|18}})
|-
| 9
! style="background:{{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}}" |
| [[File:Évariste Ndayishimiye (3x4 cropped).jpg|frameless|upright=0.40|Evariste Ndayishimiye]]
! scope="row" | {{Sortname|Évariste|Ndayishimiye}}<br />{{small|(born 1968)}}
| [[2020 Burundian general election|2020]]
| {{dts|18 June 2020}}
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2020|6|18}}
| Hutu
| [[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy|CNDD–FDD]]
| ''Position abolished<br />{{small|(until 23 June 2020)}}''<hr />[[Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni|Bunyoni]]<br />[[Gervais Ndirakobuca|Ndirakobuca]]<br />[[Nestor Ntahontuye|Ntahontuye]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20200612-burundi-la-cour-constitutionnelle-ordonne-intronisation-president-elu |title=Burundi: la Cour constitutionnelle ordonne l'intronisation du président élu |date=12 June 2020 |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624191452/http://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20200612-burundi-la-cour-constitutionnelle-ordonne-intronisation-president-elu |url-status=live |language=fr |trans-title=Burundi: the Constitutional Court orders the inauguration of the elected president |publisher=[[Radio France Internationale]]}}</ref>
|}

==Timeline==
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==See also==
{{Portal|Burundi}}
* [[Politics of Burundi]]
* [[List of kings of Burundi]]
* [[Vice President of Burundi]]
* [[Prime Minister of Burundi]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi]]
** [[List of colonial residents of Burundi]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Presidents of Burundi}}
{{Burundi topics}}

[[Category:Lists of national presidents|Burundi]]
[[Category:Presidents of Burundi| ]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in Burundi]]
[[Category:Burundi politics-related lists|Presidents]]
[[Category:Lists of Burundian people|Presidents]]