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POLITICIAN

Michel Micombero

1940 - 1983

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Michel Micombero (26 August 1940 – 16 July 1983) was a Burundian politician and army officer 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 Republic 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 238,769 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Micombero is the 9,224th most popular politician (up from 9,758th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Burundi (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Burundian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Micombero ranks 9,224 out of 15,577Before him are Isetnofret II, Haim Bar-Lev, Şükrü Saracoğlu, Bujar Nishani, Johannes van den Bosch, and Rurik Rostislavich. After him are John Hume, Gessius Florus, Michael Krešimir II of Croatia, Zheng Keshuang, Prince Koreyasu, and John I, Duke of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Michel Micombero ranks 180Before him are Viktor Savinykh, Wim Ruska, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Mirko Jozić, Ken Jenkins, and Dan Hedaya. After him are Macha Méril, Smokey Robinson, Vito Acconci, Manfred Mann, René Auberjonois, and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. Among people deceased in 1983, Michel Micombero ranks 94Before him are Arturo Umberto Illia, Jørgen Juve, Charlie Rivel, Grigori Aleksandrov, Artemio Franchi, and Ivan Vinogradov. After him are Bep Voskuijl, Shūji Terayama, Juan López Fontana, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and Paul de Man.

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In Burundi

Among people born in Burundi, Michel Micombero ranks 4 out of 22Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza (1963), Pierre Buyoya (1949), and Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946). After him are 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, Michel Micombero ranks 4Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza (1963), Pierre Buyoya (1949), and Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946). After him are 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).