Glossary of Terms
Arms embargo - A government policy prohibiting the movement of arms into or out of a country.
Bagaza, Jean Baptiste- A former president, replaced by Buyoya in 1987, led the coup in 1993.
- Buyoya, Pierre
- The president of Burundi from 1987-1993, who was Tutsi. He made changes in the government that allowed free elections to take place in 1993. He lost those elections to Ndadaye.
- Coup d'etat (Coup)
- A sudden and revolutionary change of governments achieved by force.
- Frodebu
- The Hutu-majority political party that Ndadaye was head of when he was elected in 1993.
- Ganwa
- The princely class between the mwami and the populace (made up of Tutsis)
- Micombero
- He was a captian who was appointed prime minister by Mwambutsa's son. His leadership marks the end of the monarchy
- Mwambutsa IV
- Mwami during early 1960's; initially tried to provide equality in government between the Hutu and the Tutsi but then fell out of favor with the Hutu.
- Mwami
- King (they were always Tutsi)
- Ndadaye, Melchior
- A Hutu banker who ran Frodubu, the Hutu political party, and was elected president in the 1993 elections. He was killed in the coup in October of that year.
- Ntaryamira, Cyprien
- A Hutu, who was president of Burundi from February to April of 1994 when he was killed in a plane crash with the Rwandian president. He assumed power after the 1993 coup, once violence had lowered to a point where the position could be filled.
- Ntibantaunganya, Sylvestre
- A Hutu, who was president of Burundi who was assumed office in April of 1994, after was killed in a plane with the Rwandian president.
- PDC
- Parti Democrate chretien, a conservative party that had ties to the Belgian administration during their occupation.
- Peacekeeping
- An operation involving military personnel, but without enforcement powers, undertaken...to help maintain or restore international peace and security in areas of conflict (United Nations Charter).
- Pogrom
- An organized massacre of helpless people (Webster's New American Dictionary).
- UPRONA
- Stands for Union for Nation Progress; the Tutsi political party that Bagaza and Buyoya belong to. Since 1987 UPRONA has attempted to accept Hutus.
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