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Pierre Nkurunziza

1963 - 2020

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Pierre Nkurunziza (18 December 1964 – 8 June 2020) was a Burundian politician who served as the ninth president of Burundi for almost 15 years from August 2005 until his death in June 2020. A member of the Hutu ethnic group, Nkurunziza taught physical education before becoming involved in politics during the Burundian Civil War as part of the rebel National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie – Forces pour la Défense de la Démocratie, CNDD–FDD) of which he became leader in 2000. The CNDD–FDD became a political party at the end of the Civil War and Nkurunziza was elected president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Nkurunziza has received more than 1,121,162 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Pierre Nkurunziza is the 8,290th most popular politician (up from 8,496th in 2019), the most popular biography from Burundi and the most popular Burundian Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierre Nkurunziza ranks 8,290 out of 19,576. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Ban Biao, Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, Abdourahamane Tchiani, Zheng Jing, and Miklós Kállay. After him are Wakatsuki Reijirō, Ashraf Hotak, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, Natsagiin Bagabandi, and Pasenadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Pierre Nkurunziza ranks 97. Before him are Xuxa, Antoni Martí, Sridevi, Jason Newsted, Vladimir Petković, and David Yates. After him are Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Tate Donovan, Anita Mui, Anne Jahren, and Dean Norris. Among people deceased in 2020, Pierre Nkurunziza ranks 147. Before him are Ben Cross, Georg Ratzinger, Manolis Glezos, Mustafa Nadarević, Claude Bolling, and Joaquín Peiró. After him are Jerry Rawlings, Pentti Linkola, Frances E. Allen, Borys Paton, Edmund M. Clarke, and Astrid Kirchherr.

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In Burundi

Among people born in Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza ranks 1 out of 21. After him are Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946), Pierre Buyoya (1949), Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955), Michel Micombero (1940), 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, Pierre Nkurunziza ranks 1. After him are Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946), Pierre Buyoya (1949), Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955), Michel Micombero (1940), 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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