Ntare V. Ndizeye

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Ntare V. Ndizeye, King of Burundi (aka Charles Ndizeye , born December 2, 1947 in Gitega ; † April 29, 1972 ibid) was the last king (or Mwami ) of the Kingdom of Burundi from July to November 1966. Until his Accession to the throne he was known as Crown Prince Charles Ndizeye . After the uprising initiated by Hutu in October 1965, his father, Mwambutsa IV. , Left the country and went into exile in Switzerland . In March 1966, Mwambutsa IV decided to renounce the throne in favor of his son. The Crown Prince formally succeeded his father to the throne in July 1966. King Ntare himself was only able to stay on the throne for a few months and was ousted by a coup d'etat by Prime Minister Michel Micombero in November 1966 when he was on a visit abroad . Burundi became a republic. The king went into exile in Germany and later in Uganda .

family

His mother was Queen Baramparaye (1929-2007). He had a half-brother, Prince Louis Rwagasore , who became the first Prime Minister after the country's independence (assassinated in 1961), and two half-sisters; Princess Rosa Paula Iribagiza (* 1934) and Princess Regina Kanyange († 1987). Ntare V. was trained at the Le Rosey Institute in Switzerland.

Next life

After his removal in November 1966, the former king returned to the Republic of Burundi in March 1972. Shortly afterwards, the Hutu ethnic group started a popular uprising and proclaimed the short-lived Martyazo state . Uganda's President, Idi Amin , had Michel Micombero, who is now President of Burundi, assure him in writing that Ntare may return to Burundi to live there as a normal citizen. Ntare returned to Burundi in the helicopter he had been given by the Ugandan head of state. Within a few hours he was placed under house arrest in the former palace in Gitega. Soon after, the state radio announced that Ntare had attempted an invasion to regain control. Some members of the Burundi government advocated the king's capture, while others wanted him dead. King Ntare died under unexplained circumstances on the night of April 29th to 30th, 1972. To this day, it is unclear whether he was the victim of a conspiracy or a spontaneous outbreak of violence. Radio Nationale du Burundi (RNB Broadcasting) announced that the king was shot while attempting to leave the palace grounds where he was under arrest. However, supporters of the king claimed he had been removed from the palace and put before firing squad. His body is said to have been buried in a mass grave afterwards. In the meantime, the President of the country Micombero had succeeded in suppressing the Hutu uprising. Independent sources now estimate that between 80,000 and 210,000 people died during the events of 1972.

Awards

  • ARG Order of May - Knight BAR.png Grand Master of the Royal Order of Prince Louis Rwagasore.
  • Royal Order of Ruzinko.gif Grand Master of the Royal Order of Ruzinko (Royal Male Drum).
  • Royal Order of Karyenda.gif Grand Master of the Royal Order of Karyenda (Royal Female Drum).
  • Order of the Sun (Afghanistan) - ribbon bar.gif Grand Master of the Military Order of Karyenda (Royal Female Drum).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Crowder: The Cambridge History of Africa . Cambridge University Press, 1984, ISBN 978-0-521-22409-3 , pp. 737-.
  2. ^ Thomas Melady : Burundi: The Tragic years . Orbis Books , New York 1974, ISBN 0-88344-045-8 , pp. 5-6.
  3. ^ White, Matthew. Death Tolls for the Major Wars and Atrocities of the Twentieth Century: C. Burundi (1972–1973, primarily Hutu killed by Tutsi) 120,000
  4. International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi (2002). Paragraph 85. "The Micombero regime responded with a genocidal repression that is estimated to have caused over a hundred thousand victims and forced several hundred thousand Hutus into exile"
  5. a b c d Royal Ark
predecessor Office successor
Mwambutsa IV. King of Burundi
1966
none - abolition of the monarchy