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.

Election Aftermath

Melchior Ndadaye's election victory put the FRODEBU party in prime position for a comfortable win in legislative elections held on 29 June 1993.

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Legislative elections - 29 June

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Ndadaye was sworn in as the first Hutu president of Burundi on 10 July 1993. His rule would be short, however, as he was assassinated on 21 October 1993 during a military coup by elements of the predominately Tutsi army. Thereafter, the country plunged into a full-scale civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.

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President of Burundi - 10 July - 21 October - Military coup - Civil war

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