The People's Party (, PP) was a small

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

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 ...

led by Shadracik Niyonkuru.

History

The party was registered on 30 June 1992, and supported winning candidate

Melchior Ndadaye 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 Burundian presidential election, 1993 electi ...

of the

Front for Democracy in Burundi The Front for Democracy in Burundi (, FRODEBU) is a democratic socialist political party in Burundi. History It was formed by followers of Melchior Ndadaye from the disbanded Burundi Workers' Party in 1986. FRODEBU was legalized as a politic ...

in the 1993 presidential elections.Elections in Burundi
African Elections Database In the

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later in the year the PP received 1.2% of the vote, failing to win a seat. However, it was given a ministerial post in governments formed in 1995, 2001 and 2003.Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p215

References

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