Melchior Ndadaye

Melchior Ndadaye (March 28, 1953 – October 21, 1993) was the first elected president of Burundi. Image File history File links http://www. ... Image File history File links http://www. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... List of Rulers and Heads of State of Burundi (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Kingdom of Burundi Republic of Burundi Affiliations:- See also:- Burundi Heads of Government of Burundi Colonial Heads of Burundi Colonial Heads of Burundi (Urundi) Colonial Heads of Burundi (Ruanda-Urundi) Lists of...

Ndadaye, a member of the Hutu ethnic group, was elected in June 1993, in Burundi's first democratic presidential election. He was kidnapped and killed less than four months later as part of a coup d'etat by Tutsi military members. Hutu is the name given to one of the three ethnic groups occupying Burundi and Rwanda. ... Burundi’s first multiparty presidential election since independence in 1962 was held on 1 June 1993. ... A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... The Tutsi are one of three native peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa, the other two being the Twa and the Hutu. ...

His killing was the event that triggered the beginning of the Burundi Civil War. The Burundi Civil War is driven by ethnic rivalries between Burundis Hutu and Tutsi tribal factions. ...