François Ngeze was the head of state of Burundi

Burundi

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 from 21 October 1993 to 27 October 1993. He was chosen by the military Committee of Public Salvation, a group of army officers that overthrew the democratically elected government of president Melchior Ndadaye

Melchior Ndadaye

Melchior Ndadaye was a Burundian intellectual and politician. He was the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 election...

 (who was killed during the coup).

Ngeze, one of the few prominent Hutu

Hutu

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 members of UPRONA (Union for National Progress

Union for National Progress

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) at the time, was interior minister

Interior minister

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 in the government of Pierre Buyoya

Pierre Buyoya

Major Pierre Buyoya is a Burundian politician who has ruled Burundi twice, from 1987 to 1993 and from 1996 to 2003...

, who was defeated by Ndadaye in elections held on 1 June 1993.

Following widespread condemnation of the coup, the Committee of Public Salvation was dissolved on 27 October. Sylvie Kinigi

Sylvie Kinigi

Sylvie Kinigi was Prime Minister of Burundi from 10 July 1993 to 7 February 1994, the first and to date only woman to hold the position.-Biography:...

, prime minister

Heads of government of Burundi

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in the Ndadaye government, took over as acting president.