Burundi Workers' Party

Burundi Workers' Party
Parti des travailleurs du Burundi
Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi
FounderSalvator Buyagu
Cyprien Ntaryamira
Melchior Ndadaye
Jérôme Ndiho
Festus Ntanyungu
Jean Ndikumana
Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
FoundedDecember 1979
Dissolved1986
Succeeded byFront for Democracy in Burundi
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Hutu interests
Political positionFar-left

Burundi Workers' Party (French: Parti des travailleurs du Burundi, PTB; Kirundi: Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi, UBU) was a clandestine communist party in Burundi. Its primary constituency was the large Burundian refugee population situated in neighboring Rwanda.

The party was founded in December 1979 by Salvator Buyagu, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Melchior Ndadaye, Jérôme Ndiho, Festus Ntanyungu, Jean Ndikumana, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and several others.[1]

When UBU was disbanded, followers of Ndadaye regrouped into the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODÉBU).

  1. ^ Waegenaere, Xavier (April 1996). "À la Mémoire de Cyprien Ntaryamira". Ijambo (in French). No. 14. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008.