Melchior Ndadaye | |
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 President Ndadaye in 1993 | |
| 4th President of Burundi | |
| In office 10 July 1993 – 21 October 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Sylvie Kinigi |
| Preceded by | Pierre Buyoya |
| Succeeded by | François Ngeze |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1953 Nyabihanga, Ruanda-Urundi |
| Died | 21 October 1993 (aged 40) Bujumbura, Burundi |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Bujumbura |
| Political party | Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) Burundi Workers' Party (UBU) |
| Spouse | Laurence Ndadaye |
| Alma mater | National University of Rwanda Conservatoire national des arts et métiers |
| Occupation | Politician, banker |
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President of Burundi 10 July–21 October 1993
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Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian banker and politician who became the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 election. Though he attempted to smooth the country's bitter ethnic divide, his reforms antagonised soldiers in the Tutsi-dominated army, and he was assassinated amidst a failed military coup in October 1993, after only three months in office. His assassination sparked an array of brutal tit-for-tat massacres between the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups, and ultimately led to the decade-long Burundi Civil War.