Cyrille_Ndayirukiye

Cyrille Ndayirukiye

Cyrille Ndayirukiye

Burundian politician and Army general (1954–2021)

Cyrille Ndayirukiye (8 July 1954 – 25 April 2021) was a Burundian politician and Army general.[1] He served as Minister of National Defence of Burundi from 2000 to 2002. He was also one of the main anti-government militants in the 2015 coup attempt.[2]

Quick Facts Minister of National Defence of Burundi, Preceded by ...

As one of the main soldiers involved in the 2015 coup attempt in Burundi, he was consequently sentenced to Life imprisonment in January 2016. Ndayirukiye has died in prison on April 21, 2021.

References

  1. [1]
    "Burundi's Major General Ndayirukiye Dies In Prison". Taarifa Rwanda. 25 April 2021. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Burundi: le numéro 2 des putschistes reconnaît l'échec du coup d'Etat". RFI (in French). 14 May 2015.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cyrille_Ndayirukiye, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.