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Pierre Buyoya

1949 - 2020

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Pierre Buyoya (24 November 1949 – 17 December 2020) was a Burundian army officer and politician who served two terms as President of Burundi in 1987 to 1993 and 1996 to 2003. He was the second-longest-serving president in Burundian history. An ethnic Tutsi, Buyoya joined the sole legal party, UPRONA and quickly rose through the ranks of the Burundian military. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Buyoya has received more than 267,536 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Pierre Buyoya is the 9,000th most popular politician (up from 11,251st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Burundi (up from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Burundian Politician.

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  • 270k

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  • 53.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Buyoya ranks 9,000 out of 15,577. Before him are Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Yahya Khan, Pēteris Stučka, James Forrestal, and Arechis II of Benevento. After him are Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, William A. Wheeler, Huzziya II, Archidamus IV, Lazar Mojsov, and Floris II, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Pierre Buyoya ranks 179. Before him are Brent Spiner, Michio Yasuda, Frank Beard, Michel Djotodia, Erik Estrada, and Robert Palmer. After him are Deep Roy, Ric Ocasek, Keto Losaberidze, Philip Michael Thomas, Bill Bruford, and Rakesh Sharma. Among people deceased in 2020, Pierre Buyoya ranks 177. Before him are Irrfan Khan, Claude Bolling, Hans Tilkowski, Gigi Proietti, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, and Orson Bean. After him are Ken Shimura, Shere Hite, Vittorio Gregotti, Stanisław Kania, Flavio Cotti, and Jack Charlton.

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In Burundi

Among people born in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya ranks 2 out of 22. Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza (1963). After him are Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946), 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).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burundi

Among politicians born in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya ranks 2. Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza (1963). After him are Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946), 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).

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