Albin Nyamoya (27 July 1924 – 31 January 2001) was the

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...

from 6 April 1964 — 7 January 1965 and again from 14 July 1972— 5 June 1973.

Early life

Nyamoya was born in 1924 in Ibuye. He was ethnically a

Tutsi The Tutsi ( ), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu languages, Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi ( ...

. He was educated at the Mugera Catholic Seminary and the Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida, studying veterinary science at the latter institution. He thereafter worked as a veterinarian assistant.

Political career

Nyamoya was elected to the National Assembly in 1961 as a member of the

Union for National Progress The Union for National Progress (, UPRONA) is a nationalist political party in Burundi. Initially it emerged as a nationalist united front in opposition to Belgian colonial rule but subsequently became an integral part of the one-party state esta ...

(UPRONA) party. He served as Interior Minister from 1963 to 1964. He was re-elected to the assembly in May 1965. On 14 July 1972, President

Michel Micombero Michel Micombero (26 August 194016 July 1983) was a Burundian military officer and politician who ruled the country as ''de facto'' military dictator for the decade between 1966 and 1976. He was the last Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Burundi ...

appointed Nyamoya Prime Minister of Burundi, making him the first person to hold such office since Micombero assumed power in November 1966. Nyamoya's appointment was viewed by observers as a choice to relieve ethnic tensions. He was dismissed from office on 6 June 1973.

Later life

Following his dismissal from office, Nyamoya turned to farming.

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