Michel Micombero

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Michel Micombero was a Burundian army officer and politician who led a 1966 coup, abolished the monarchy, and ruled as the country’s first republican president.

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instanceOf human
military officer
politician
birthName Michel Micombero
cameToPowerThrough military coup
causeOfDeath heart attack
continentOfActivity Africa
countryOfCitizenship Burundi
dateOfBirth 1940-08-26
dateOfDeath 1983-07-16
education Royal Military Academy, Brussels
École des Officiers, Bujumbura
era Cold War
ethnicGroup Tutsi
event abolition of the Burundian monarchy
exiledTo Somalia
familyName Micombero
foreignPolicyOrientation pro-Western
givenName Michel
governmentFormEstablished republic in Burundi
headOfGovernmentOf Burundi
headOfStateOf Burundi
languageSpoken French
Kirundi
led 1966 Burundian coup d’état
leftOfficeAsPresident 1976-11-01
leftOfficeAsPrimeMinister 1966-11-28
militaryBranch Burundian Army
militaryRank captain
nationality Burundian
notableEventDuringRule 1972 mass violence in Burundi
notableFor becoming the first president of the Republic of Burundi
occupation army officer
politician
placeOfBirth Rutovu, Bururi Province, Burundi
placeOfDeath Mogadishu, Somalia
linked to: Mogadishu
positionHeld President of Burundi
Prime Minister of Burundi
precededBy Mwambutsa IV of Burundi
linked to: King of Burundi

Ntare V of Burundi
linked to: King of Burundi
regimeCharacterization authoritarian
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Laurentine Baranyanka
succeededBy Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
tookOfficeAsPresident 1966-11-28
tookOfficeAsPrimeMinister 1966-07-11

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President of Burundi firstHolder Michel Micombero
Burundian monarchy abolishedBy Michel Micombero
Michel Micombero birthName Michel Micombero
King of Burundi officeAbolishedBy military regime of Michel Micombero
linked to: Michel Micombero
1972 Burundian genocide governmentInPower regime of President Michel Micombero
linked to: Michel Micombero