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Jean-Baptiste Bagaza

1946 - 2016

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Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (29 August 1946 – 4 May 2016) was a Burundian army officer and politician who ruled Burundi as president and de facto military dictator from November 1976 to September 1987. Born into the Tutsi ethnic group in 1946, Bagaza served in the Burundian military and rose through the ranks under the rule of Michel Micombero after his rise to power in 1966. Bagaza deposed Micombero in a bloodless coup d'état in 1976 and took power himself as head of the ruling Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Bagaza has received more than 167,379 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is the 9,145th most popular politician (up from 10,826th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Burundi (up from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Burundian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza ranks 9,145 out of 15,577Before him are Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Urbano Rattazzi, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Victor, Antonio Maura, and Gustave Garrigou. After him are William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, Arnulf, Count of Holland, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Dirk I, Count of Holland, Bobby Sands, and Shu-Sin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza ranks 216Before him are Eugene Levy, John C. Mather, Maria Bethânia, Dick Wolf, André Dussollier, and Richard Axel. After him are Cheng Pei-pei, Renaud Camus, Arnoldo Alemán, Al Green, Sawao Kato, and Silvio Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 2016, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza ranks 163Before him are Abe Vigoda, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Arthur Hiller, Roger Y. Tsien, Ilse Aichinger, and Mahasweta Devi. After him are S. R. Nathan, Marc Riboud, Silvio Gazzaniga, Guido Westerwelle, Lola Novaković, and Jay Wright Forrester.

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In Burundi

Among people born in Burundi, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza ranks 3 out of 22Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza (1963) and Pierre Buyoya (1949). After him are Michel Micombero (1940), Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955), Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912), Ntare V of Burundi (1947), Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968), Domitien Ndayizeye (1951), Louis Rwagasore (1932), Sylvie Kinigi (1952), and Khadja Nin (1959).

Among POLITICIANS In Burundi

Among politicians born in Burundi, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza ranks 3Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza (1963) and Pierre Buyoya (1949). After him are Michel Micombero (1940), Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955), Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912), Ntare V of Burundi (1947), Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968), Domitien Ndayizeye (1951), Louis Rwagasore (1932), Sylvie Kinigi (1952), and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (1956).