Burundi presidential election, 1993

Burundi?s first multiparty presidential election since independence in 1962 was held on 1 June 1993. The poll ended 27 years of alternating military and single party rule in the country. This period was marked by sporadic, but deadly violence between the ethnic Tutsi minority (which controlled the government and army) and the Hutu majority.

Related Topics:
Burundi - Multiparty - Election - 1962 - 1 June - 1993 - Single party - Tutsi - Hutu

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