Cyprien Ntaryamira

Cyprien Ntaryamira (Known as "Ntaryamira")

President of Burundi (February–April 1994), Agricultural Engineer, Peace Statesman

Born 1955-03-06

Mageyo, Mubimbi, Bujumbura Rural, Burundi

Passed Away 1994-04-06 Kigali International Airport, Rwanda

Lifespan 39 years old

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"Our children deserve a Burundi where no mother weeps because of her neighbor's ethnicity."

Archival Overview

President of Burundi and agriculturalist who sought to restore national stability after the 1993 coup, killed alongside Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana when their plane was shot down over Kigali on April 6, 1994.

Biographical Record

Cyprien Ntaryamira was born on March 6, 1955, in Mageyo. Earning a degree in agricultural engineering from the National University of Rwanda in 1982, Ntaryamira was a founding leader of FRODEBU alongside Melchior Ndadaye, serving as Minister of Agriculture in Ndadaye's cabinet.

Following Ndadaye's assassination, parliament elected Ntaryamira President on February 5, 1994. Ntaryamira pursued an urgent agenda of disarming civilian militias and restoring ethnic peace. Returning from regional peace talks in Dar es Salaam on April 6, 1994, aboard President Habyarimana's Falcon 50 jet, the aircraft was struck by surface-to-air missiles while landing in Kigali, killing all aboard.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Mausoleum of Democracy
Bujumbura, Burundi

                         GPS: -3.3752, 29.3652                    

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