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{{Infobox Political post
|post            = Vice-President
|body            = the<br />Republic of Burundi
|insignia        = Coat of arms of Burundi.svg
|insigniasize    = 125px
|insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Burundi]]
|nativename      = 
|image           = Vice President of Burundi Prosper Bazombanza.png
|imagesize       = 165px
|incumbent       = [[Prosper Bazombanza]]
|incumbentsince  = 23 June 2020
|style           = 
|residence       = 
|appointer       = 
|termlength      = 5 years
|formation       = 11 June 1998
|succession      = 
|inaugural       = [[Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira]]<br />{{small|(First Vice-President)}} <br /> [[Mathias Sinamenye]]<br />{{small|(Second Vice-President)}}
|deputy          = 
|salary          = 
|website         = [https://www.presidence.gov.bi/le-president/les-vice-presidents/ Official Website]
}}
{{Politics of Burundi}}

The position of '''vice-president of the Republic of [[Burundi]]''' was created in June 1998, when a transitional constitution went into effect. It replaced the post of [[Prime Minister of Burundi|Prime Minister]].

== History of the office ==

=== Interim period (1998–2001) ===
[[Pierre Buyoya]], a former [[President of Burundi|president]] (1987–1993) who seized power in a [[1996 Burundian coup d'état|1996 military coup]], was sworn in as President of the Republic on 11 June 1998. He appointed [[Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira]], a [[Hutu]] member of the [[Front for Democracy in Burundi]] (FRODEBU), as 1st vice-president. [[Mathias Sinamenye]], a [[Tutsi]] member of Buyoya's [[Union for National Progress]] (UPRONA) party, was appointed 2nd vice-president.

According to the transitional constitution, the vice-presidency consisted of two posts: The 1st vice-president (Responsible for political and administrative affairs) and the 2nd vice-president (Responsible for economic and social affairs).

=== Transitional period (2001–2005) ===
A new transitional power-sharing government took office on 1 November 2001. Interim president Pierre Buyoya became transitional president for a period of 18 months. At the end of his term in 2003, Hutu vice-president [[Domitien Ndayizeye]] took office and appointed a Tutsi ([[Alphonse-Marie Kadege]]) as vice-president. In November 2004, Kadege was sacked as vice-president and replaced by [[Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro]]. Although Ndayizeye's term was due to end in late 2004 following elections, the transitional period was extended and planned elections were delayed. [[Burundi elections, 2005 (disambiguation)|Elections]] were held in mid-2005 and the transitional period is due to end on 26 August 2005, when the newly elected president takes office.

=== Vice-presidency 2005–2018 ===
Burundi's new constitution, approved in a 28 February 2005 [[2005 Burundian constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]], calls for a two-member vice-presidency (similar to that of the interim period). The 1st vice-president will be responsible for political and administrative affairs, while the 2nd vice-president will handle social and economic affairs. One vice-president will be an ethnic Hutu and the other a Tutsi. Nominees must be approved by both chambers of [[Parliament of Burundi|parliament]] in order to take office.

On 29 August 2005, President [[Pierre Nkurunziza]] nominated [[Martin Nduwimana]] and [[Alice Nzomukunda]] for the posts of 1st and 2nd vice-president. Both received approval from parliament and were immediately sworn in. Nzomukunda resigned on 5 September 2006.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5316690.stm "Burundi VP steps down over graft"], BBC, 5 September 2006.</ref> She was replaced by [[Marina Barampama]] two days later.

In February 2007, Barampama was replaced by [[Gabriel Ntisezerana]]. In November 2007, Nduwimana was replaced by [[Yves Sahinguvu]].

In August 2010, Sahinguvu was replaced by [[Therence Sinunguruza]] and Ntisezerana was replaced by [[Gervais Rufyikiri]].

=== Vice-presidency since 2018 ===
New constitutional amendments were approved in a 17 May 2018 [[2018 Burundian constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]]. The post of second vice-president will be abolished. The remaining vice-president, who will have limited powers, will be selected from a political party and ethnic group that differs from those of the President.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The AU and the constitutional review process in Burundi - Burundi |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/au-and-constitutional-review-process-burundi |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=ReliefWeb |language=en}}</ref>

==Key==
;''Political parties''
*{{legend|{{party color|Front for Democracy in Burundi}}|[[Front for Democracy in Burundi]] (FRODEBU)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
*{{legend|{{party color|Union for National Progress}}|[[Union for National Progress]] (UPRONA)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
*{{legend|{{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}}|[[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy]] (CNDD–FDD)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

==List of officeholders==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
!rowspan=2|Portrait
!colspan=3|Term of office
!rowspan=2|[[Ethnic groups in Burundi|Ethnic group]]
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[List of political parties in Burundi|Political party]]
!rowspan=2|[[President of Burundi|President(s)]]
|-
!Took office
!Left office
!Time in office
|-
| [[Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira]]<br />{{small|(born 1961)}}<br />{{small|''First Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| rowspan=2| 11 June 1998
| rowspan=2| 1 November 2001
| rowspan=2| {{ayd|1998|06|11|2001|11|01}}
| [[Hutu]]
! style="background: {{party color|Front for Democracy in Burundi}};" |
| [[Front for Democracy in Burundi|FRODEBU]]
| [[Pierre Buyoya|Buyoya]]
|-
| [[Mathias Sinamenye]]<br />{{small|''Second Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| [[Tutsi]]
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| Buyoya
|-
| [[Domitien Ndayizeye]]<br />{{small|(born 1953)}}<br />{{small|''Vice-President''}}
| [[File:Domitien Ndayizeye, President of Burundi.jpg|70px]]
| 1 November 2001
| 30 April 2003
| {{ayd|2001|11|01|2003|04|30}}
| Hutu
! style="background: {{party color|Front for Democracy in Burundi}};" |
| [[Front for Democracy in Burundi|FRODEBU]]
| Buyoya
|-
| [[Alphonse-Marie Kadege]]<br />{{small|''Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| 30 April 2003
| 11 November 2004
| {{ayd|2003|04|30|2004|11|11}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| [[Domitien Ndayizeye|Ndayizeye]]
|-
| [[Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro]]<br />{{small|''Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| 11 November 2004
| 29 August 2005
| {{ayd|2004|11|01|2005|08|29}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| Ndayizeye
|-
| [[Martin Nduwimana]]<br />{{small|(born 1958)}}<br />{{small|''First Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| rowspan=2| 29 August 2005
| 7 November 2007
| {{ayd|2005|08|29|2007|11|07}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| [[Pierre Nkurunziza|Nkurunziza]]
|-
| [[Alice Nzomukunda]]<br />{{small|(born 1966)}}<br />{{small|''Second Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| 5 September 2006
| {{ayd|2005|08|29|2006|09|05}}
| Hutu
! style="background: {{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}};" |
| [[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy|CNDD–FDD]]
| Nkurunziza
|-
| [[Marina Barampama]]<br />{{small|(born 1969)}}<br />{{small|''Second Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| 7 September 2006
| 8 February 2007
| {{ayd|2006|09|07|2007|02|08}}
| Hutu
! style="background: {{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}};" |
| [[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy|CNDD–FDD]]
| Nkurunziza
|-
| [[Gabriel Ntisezerana]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASSECAA |url=https://www.assecaa.org/index.php/en/?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&catid=9&lang=en-GB |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=www.assecaa.org}}</ref><br />{{small|''Second Vice-President''}}
| [[File:Gabriel Ntisezerana with Obamas cropped.jpg|70px]]
| 12 February 2007
| 28 August 2010
| {{ayd|2007|02|12|2010|08|28}}
| Hutu
! style="background: {{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}};" |
| [[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy|CNDD–FDD]]
| Nkurunziza
|-
| [[Yves Sahinguvu]]<br />{{small|(born 1949)}}<br />{{small|''First Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| 8 November 2007
| August 2010
| {{ayd|2007|11|08|2010|08|01}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| Nkurunziza
|-
| [[Thérence Sinunguruza]]<br />{{small|(1959–2020)}}<br />{{small|''First Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| 28 August 2010
| October 2013
| {{ayd|2010|08|28|2013|10|01}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| Nkurunziza
|-
| [[Bernard Busokoza]]<br />{{small|(born 1953)}}<br />{{small|''First Vice-President''}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-14 |title=Burundi: Prosper BAZOMBANZA, nouveau 1er Vice Président de la République |url=https://burundi-agnews.org/government/burundi-prosper-bazombanza-nouveau-1er-vice-president-de-la-republique/ |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=Nouvelles du Burundi - Africa Generation News |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| October 2013
| 1 February 2014
| {{ayd|2013|10|01|2014|02|01}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| Nkurunziza
|-
| [[Prosper Bazombanza]]<br />{{small|(born 1959/60)}}<br />{{small|''First Vice-President''}}<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNGfBwAAQBAJ |title = Political Handbook of the World 2015|isbn = 9781483371559|last1 = Lansford|first1 = Tom|date = 2015-03-24}}</ref>
| [[File:Vice President of Burundi Prosper Bazombanza.png|70px]]
| 14 February 2014
| 20 August 2015
| {{ayd|2014|02|14|2015|08|20}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| Nkurunziza
|-
| [[Gervais Rufyikiri]]<br />{{small|(born 1965)}}<br />{{small|''Second Vice-President''}}
| [[File:No image.png|70px]]
| 28 August 2010
| 20 August 2015
| {{ayd|2010|08|28|2015|08|20}}
| Hutu
! style="background: {{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}};" |
| [[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy|CNDD–FDD]]
| Nkurunziza
|-
| [[Gaston Sindimwo]]<br />{{small|(born 1965)}}<br />{{small|''First Vice-President''}}
| [[File:Gaston Sindimwo.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan=2| 20 August 2015
| rowspan=2| 23 June 2020
| rowspan=2| {{ayd|2015|08|20|2020|06|23}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| Nkurunziza<br/>[[Évariste Ndayishimiye|Ndayishimiye]]
|-
| [[Joseph Butore]]<br />{{small|(born 1969)}}<br />{{small|''Second Vice-President''}}
| [[File:Joseph Butore, Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi.jpg|70px]]
| Hutu
! style="background: {{party color|National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy}};" |
| [[National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy|CNDD–FDD]]
| Nkurunziza<br/>Ndayishimiye
|-
| [[Prosper Bazombanza]]<br />{{small|(born 1960)}}<br />{{small|''Vice-President''}}
| [[File:Vice President of Burundi Prosper Bazombanza.png|70px]]
| 23 June 2020
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2020|06|23}}
| Tutsi
! style="background: {{party color|Union for National Progress}};" |
| [[Union for National Progress|UPRONA]]
| Ndayishimiye
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Burundi}}
*[[Burundi]]
**[[Politics of Burundi]]
**[[List of kings of Burundi]]
**[[President of Burundi]]
***[[List of presidents of Burundi]]
**[[Prime Minister of Burundi]]
**[[List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi]]
***[[List of colonial residents of Burundi]]
**[[Martyazo]]
*[[Lists of Incumbents]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://burundi.news.free.fr/actualites/constitutionbu.html Constitution of Burundi (In French)]

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