Historical country records

Burundi historical timeline

Burundi

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
c.1680Burundi kingdom foundedLeaders
1 Jul 1890part of German East AfricaLeaders
Jun 1916Belgian occupationLeaders
20 Jul 1922League of Nations mandate (Ruanda-Urundi)Leaders
13 Dec 1946United Nations trust territoryLeaders
Jan 1961autonomyLeaders
1 Jul 1962independence (Kingdom of Burundi)Leaders
28 Nov 1966Republic of BurundiLeaders
c.1680 - c.1709Ntare RushatsiKings (title Mwami)¹
c.1709 - c.1739Mwezi NdagushimiyeKings (title Mwami)¹
c.1739 - c.1767Mutaga SenyamwizaKings (title Mwami)¹
c.1767 - c.1796Mwambutsa MbarizaKings (title Mwami)¹
c.1796 - c.1850Ntare IV RugambaKings (title Mwami)¹
c.1850 - 21 Aug 1908Mwezi IV Gisabo²Kings (title Mwami)¹
18.. - 9 May 1905Macoonco (in rebellion)²Kings (title Mwami)¹
18.. - Apr 1906Cyilima (in rebellion)²Kings (title Mwami)¹
1908 - 30 Nov 1915Mutaga IV MbikijeKings (title Mwami)¹
16 Dec 1915 - 8 Jul 1966Mwambutsa IV BangilicengeKings (title Mwami)¹
8 Jul 1966 - 1 Sep 1966Prince Charles NdizeyeKings (title Mwami)¹
1 Sep 1966 - 28 Nov 1966Ntare V NdizeyeKings (title Mwami)¹
28 Nov 1966 - 1 Nov 1976Michel MicomberoPresidents
2 Nov 1976 - 3 Sep 1987Jean-Baptiste BagazaPresidents
3 Sep 1987 - 10 Jul 1993Pierre Buyoya (1st time) 9 Sep 1987)Presidents
10 Jul 1993 - 21 Oct 1993Melchior NdadayePresidents
21 Oct 1993 - 27 Oct 1993François NgezePresidents
27 Oct 1993 - 5 Feb 1994Sylvie Kinigi (f) (acting)Presidents
5 Feb 1994 - 6 Apr 1994Cyprien NtaryamiraPresidents
6 Apr 1994 - 25 Jul 1996Sylvestre NtibantunganyaPresidents
25 Jul 1996 - 30 Apr 2003Pierre Buyoya (2nd time)Presidents
30 Apr 2003 - 26 Aug 2005Domitien NdayizeyePresidents
26 Aug 2005 -Pierre NkurunzizaPresidents
26 Jan 1961 - 28 Sep 1961Joseph CimpayePrime ministers
28 Sep 1961 - 13 Oct 1961Louis RwagasorePrime ministers
20 Oct 1961 - 10 Jun 1963André MuhirwaPrime ministers
18 Jun 1963 - 6 Apr 1964Pierre Ngendandumwe (1st time)Prime ministers
6 Apr 1964 - 7 Jan 1965Albin Nyamoya (1st time)Prime ministers
7 Jan 1965 - 15 Jan 1965Pierre Ngendandumwe (2nd time)Prime ministers
15 Jan 1965 - 26 Jan 1965Pie Masumbuko (acting)Prime ministers
26 Jan 1965 - 30 Sep 1965Joseph BaminaPrime ministers
13 Oct 1965 - 8 Jul 1966Léopold BihaPrime ministers
11 Jul 1966 - 28 Nov 1966Michel MicomberoPrime ministers
15 Jul 1972 - 5 Jun 1973Albin Nyamoya (2nd time)Prime ministers
12 Nov 1976 - 13 Oct 1978Édouard NzambimanaPrime ministers
19 Oct 1988 - 10 Jul 1993Adrien SibomanaPrime ministers
10 Jul 1993 - 7 Feb 1994Sylvie Kinigi (f)Prime ministers
7 Feb 1994 - 22 Feb 1995Anatole KanyenkikoPrime ministers
22 Feb 1995 - 31 Jul 1996Antoine NduwayoPrime ministers
31 Jul 1996 - 12 Jun 1998Pascal-Firmin NdimiraPrime ministers
15 Nov 1907 - 1908Werner von GrawertGerman residents
1908 - 1909Heinrich Fonck (acting)German residents
1909Eberhard GudowiusGerman residents
1909Erich von Langenn-SteinkellerGerman residents
1909 - 1910Otto BrentzelGerman residents
Jan 1910 - Jan 1911Wilhelm GöringGerman residents
1911Kurt von Stegmann und SteinGerman residents
1911 - 1913Erich von Langenn-SteinkellerGerman residents
1913 - 1914von BochGerman residents
1914 - 1915SchimmerGerman residents
1915WentzelGerman residents
1915 - Jun 1916Erich von Langenn-SteinkellerGerman residents
191. - Dec 1918Edouard van den EedeBelgian residents
Jan 1919 - 1928Pierre RyckmansBelgian residents
1928 - 12 May 1929Oscar Defawe (acting)Belgian residents
1 Feb 1930 - 24 Dec 1930Charles, baron de l'EpineBelgian residents
24 Dec 1930 - 17 Jul 1933Léon BorgersBelgian residents
17 Jul 1933 - 1935Oger CoubeauBelgian residents
1935 - 1937HambartBelgian residents
12 Jan 1938 - 1940René Verstappen (acting)Belgian residents
2 Feb 1944 - 1953Robert SchmidtBelgian residents
*1956*SirouxBelgian residents
195. - 28 Oct 1959Robert ScheyvenBelgian residents
28 Oct 1959 - 28 Jul 1961Ivan ReisdorffBelgian residents
28 Jul 1961 - Jan 1962Roberto RegnierBelgian residents
Jan 1962 - 1962Roberto RegnierHigh Representatives
1962 - 1 Jul 1962Edouard HenniquiauHigh Representatives

Ruanda-Urundi

Date or termOfficeholder or eventCategory
1899military district of Usumbura formed within German East AfricaLeaders
1906becomes military residencyLeaders
15 Nov 1907divided into two civil residenciesLeaders
1916Belgian conquest of parts of German East AfricaLeaders
30 May 1919treaty with Britain: only Ruanda and Urundi remain under Belgian administrationLeaders
20 Jul 1922League of Nations mandateLeaders
1 Mar 1926 - 30 Jun 1960administrative union with Belgian CongoLeaders
13 Dec 1946United Nations trust territoryLeaders
1 Jul 1962independence of both territoriesLeaders
1899 - 1902Heinrich von BetheCommanders
1902 - 1904Robert von BeringeCommanders
1904 - 15 Nov 1907Werner von GrawertCommanders
1916 - 22 Nov 1916Charles Henry Marie Ernest, baron Tombeur de Tabora (b. 1867 - d. 1947)Military governor of the occupied East African territories
22 Nov 1916 - May 1919Justin MalfeytRoyal commissioners for occupied East Africa
May 1919 - 20 Oct 1924Alfred MarzoratiRoyal commissioners for occupied East Africa
Nov 1921 - Jul 1922Pierre Ryckmans (acting)Royal commissioners for occupied East Africa
20 Oct 1924 - 28 Aug 1926Alfred MarzoratiRoyal commissioner for Ruanda-Urundi
15 Nov 1925 - 13 Dec 1926Pierre Ryckmans (acting)Royal commissioner for Ruanda-Urundi
28 Aug 1926 - 5 Feb 1929Alfred MarzoratiGovernors (also deputy governors-general of the Belgian Congo)
5 Feb 1929 - 4 Jul 1930Louis Joseph Postiaux (acting)Governors (also deputy governors-general of the Belgian Congo)
4 Jul 1930 - 18 Aug 1932Charles VoisinGovernors (also deputy governors-general of the Belgian Congo)
18 Aug 1932 - 5 Jul 1946Eugène JungersGovernors (also deputy governors-general of the Belgian Congo)
5 Jul 1946 - Aug 1949Maurice Simon (acting to 1947)Governors (also deputy governors-general of the Belgian Congo)
Aug 1949 - 1 Jan 1952Léon PétillonGovernors (also deputy governors-general of the Belgian Congo)
1 Jan 1952 - 1 Mar 1955Alfred Claeys-BouuaertGovernors (also deputy governors-general of the Belgian Congo)
1 Mar 1955 - 1960Jean-Paul HarroyGovernors (also deputy governors-general of the Belgian Congo)
1960 - 11 Jan 1962Jean-Paul HarroyResident-general