Pierre Ngendandumwe

Pierre Ngendandumwe ( 1930 - January 15, 1965 ) was a Burundian politician . The Hutu was a member of the Union for National Progress . He was elected Prime Minister on June 18, 1963 and held this office until April 6, 1964, before being re-elected Prime Minister on January 7, 1965. Eight days after starting his second term in office, he was murdered by a Rwandan Tutsi who is believed to have worked for the US embassy in Burundi. His assassination re-escalated the conflict between Hutu and Tutsi.

Individual evidence

↑ Burundi Premier Assassinated By Tribesman . In: St. Petersburg Times , January 16, 1965.
^ Rene Lemarchand: Burundi: Ethnic Conflict and Genocide . Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 9780521566230 , p. 69.

personal data
SURNAME	Ngendandumwe, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Burundian politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH	1930
DATE OF DEATH	January 15, 1965

[1] Burundi Premier Assassinated By Tribesman . In: St. Petersburg Times , January 16, 1965.

[2] Rene Lemarchand: Burundi: Ethnic Conflict and Genocide . Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 9780521566230 , p. 69.