POLITICIAN

Michel Micombero

1940 - 1983

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Michel Micombero (26 August 1940 – 16 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 from July to November 1966, and the first President of the country from November 1966 until his overthrow in 1976. Micombero was an ethnic Tutsi who began his career as an officer in the Burundian military at the time of Burundi's independence in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Micombero has received more than 257,657 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Michel Micombero is the 11,679th most popular politician (down from 9,197th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Burundi (down from 4th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Burundian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Micombero ranks 11,679 out of 19,576. Before him are Constantine III, King of Armenia, Gagik I of Armenia, Manuel Komnenos, Yaroslav II of Kiev, Johan Wilhelm Rangell, and José Canalejas. After him are Tosiwo Nakayama, Franjo Rački, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Manuel Marrero Cruz, Josep Sunyol, and Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Michel Micombero ranks 249. Before him are Helmut Jahn, Samuel Little, Lill Lindfors, Don Nelson, Bruce Beresford, and Peter C. Doherty. After him are Andrey Piontkovsky, Margit Carstensen, Valie Export, José Nápoles, Peter Atkins, and Matthias Habich. Among people deceased in 1983, Michel Micombero ranks 121. Before him are Gunta Stölzl, Werner Egk, Fritz Machlup, Alan Cunningham, Paolo Pedretti, and John Williams. After him are Corrie ten Boom, Romain Maes, Gabrielle Roy, Cathy Berberian, José Iraragorri, and Musine Kokalari.

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In Burundi

Among people born in Burundi, Michel Micombero ranks 5 out of 21. Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza (1963), Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946), Pierre Buyoya (1949), and Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955). After him are Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968), Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912), Domitien Ndayizeye (1951), Ntare V of Burundi (1947), Louis Rwagasore (1932), Shabani Nonda (1977), and Khadja Nin (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burundi

Among politicians born in Burundi, Michel Micombero ranks 5. Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza (1963), Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946), Pierre Buyoya (1949), and Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955). After him are Évariste Ndayishimiye (1968), Mwambutsa IV of Burundi (1912), Domitien Ndayizeye (1951), Ntare V of Burundi (1947), Louis Rwagasore (1932), Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (1956), and Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni (1972).

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