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ast 30% of the seats in the Senate. Four former presidents - Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (PARENA), Pierre Buyoya (UPRONA), Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (FRODEBU), and Domitien Ndayizeye (FRODEBU) will also become Senators. ==External links== *[http://www.angus-reid.com/tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=6614 Angus Reid Consultants - Election Tracker] *[http://burundi.news |
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al Democratic Party (Burundi)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD), supported Buyoya's candidacy. '''Melchior Ndadaye''' - Leader and candidate of the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU), a predominantly Hutu party founded in 1986 and officially registered in 1992. Ndadaye's candidacy was supported by three other mainly Hutu parties - Rally for the People of Burundi (RPB), [[Peop |
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New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2002. ISBN 0761473068. ===First Attempt at Democracy=== In June 1993, Melchior Ndadaye, leader of the Hutu-dominated Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU), won the first democratic election and became the first Hutu head of the state, leading a pro-Hutu government. However, in October 1993, Tutsi soldiers assassinated Ndadaye, which started further ye |
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tional Assembly disputed this, however, arguing that such a decision would have to be made by the National Assembly as a whole, not by a single party. The Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) suspended its participation in the National Assembly to protest the use of force against Nzomukunda. Ndayishimiye said that parliamentary affairs should not be disrupted by internal party matters and |
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ld on 29 June 1993. It followed a Burundi presidential election, 1993|presidential election held on 1 June, that was won by Melchior Ndadaye of the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU). He received 65% of the vote against two other candidates. ==Political Parties== Six political parties and eight independents took part in the election *Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODE |
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[National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy]] (CNDD-FDD) won 59 of the 100 seats filled through direct election. The Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU), who won a majority of seats in the previous Burundi legislative election, 1993|election held in 1993, won 25 seats. The Union for National Progress (UPRONA) won 10, while the [[National Coun |
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[Hutu]] member of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), she replaces Jean Minani of the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU), who had been National Assembly president since 2002. .Since 2007 July She is Minister of National Solidarity, National Reconstruction and Repatriation ,Human Right,Gender.In January 29th 2009 she |
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nder the rule of military dictator Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, in 1986, Ndadaye and his supporters founded a new underground political movement, the moderate Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU). It remained underground until 1992, when Pierre Buyoya began a process of political liberalisation in advance of the country's [[Burundi presidential election, 1993|first ever democratic electio |
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e Defense of Democracy]] (CNDD), a breakaway faction of the CNDD-FDD. Four former heads of state - Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (PARENA), Pierre Buyoya (UPRONA), Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (FRODEBU), and the current transitional president Domitien Ndayizeye (FRODEBU) will occupy seats in the Senate along with three Twa members. In order to meet the 30% quota for women, eight seats were co-op |