{"id":"evariste-ndayishimiye","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/evariste-ndayishimiye","language":"en","name":"Évariste Ndayishimiye","name_en":"Évariste Ndayishimiye","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Burundi","headline":"President of Burundi","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Évariste Ndayishimiye is a Burundian general and politician who has served as the tenth President of Burundi since 18 June 2020 and as the chairperson of the African Union since February 2026. He became involved in the rebel National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy during the Burundian Civil War and rose up the ranks of its militia. At the end of the conflict, he entered the Burundian Army and held a number of political offices under the auspices of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Nkurunziza endorsed Ndayishimiye as his successor ahead of the 2020 elections which he won with a large majority.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 June 1968","date":"1968-06-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Commune of Giheta","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4018143"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Burundi","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"president","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461"},{"text":"minister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83307"},{"text":"major general","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157148"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"National Council for the Defense of Democracy–Forces for the Defense of Democracy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271402"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764#P102"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Angeline Ndayishimiye","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118210346"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Burundi (since 18 June 2020)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19057827","start":"2020-06-18"},{"text":"general secretary (since 20 August 2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6501749","start":"2016-08-20"},{"text":"Secretary General of the CNDD-FDD (20 August 2016 – 24 January 2021)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141632451","start":"2016-08-20","end":"2021-01-24"},{"text":"president (2009–2017)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1255921","start":"2009","end":"2017"},{"text":"Interior minister of Burundi (13 August 2006 – 22 February 2007)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137752678","start":"2006-08-13","end":"2007-02-22"},{"text":"Minister of Internal Affairs of Burundi (17 March 2006 – 14 November 2007)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114296898","start":"2006-03-17","end":"2007-11-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Ndayishimiye","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Évariste Ndayishimiye born?","a":"Évariste Ndayishimiye was born on 17 June 1968 in Commune of Giheta."},{"q":"What positions has Évariste Ndayishimiye held?","a":"Positions held by Évariste Ndayishimiye include: President of Burundi (since 18 June 2020); general secretary (since 20 August 2016); Secretary General of the CNDD-FDD (2016–2021); president (2009–2017); Interior minister of Burundi (2006–2007)."}],"related":[{"name":"Pierre Nkurunziza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pierre-nkurunziza"},{"name":"Michel Micombero","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michel-micombero"},{"name":"Sylvie Kinigi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sylvie-kinigi"},{"name":"Sylvestre Ntibantunganya","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sylvestre-ntibantunganya"},{"name":"François Ngeze","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francois-ngeze"},{"name":"Jean-Baptiste Bagaza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jean-baptiste-bagaza"},{"name":"David Ben-Gurion","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-ben-gurion"},{"name":"André Bergeron","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andre-bergeron"},{"name":"Pierre Dartout","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pierre-dartout"},{"name":"Simon Nora","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/simon-nora"},{"name":"Karl Nehammer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/karl-nehammer"},{"name":"Jacqueline de Romilly","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jacqueline-de-romilly"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/evariste-ndayishimiye-5597ad94c2.jpg","width":500,"height":732,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Lukasz Kobus / European Commission","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%9D%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B5_(18-02-2022)_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Évariste Ndayishimiye","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Ndayishimiye","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q27329764","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27329764","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Эварист Ндайишимие (18-02-2022) (cropped).jpg by Lukasz Kobus / European Commission (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%9D%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B5_(18-02-2022)_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Évariste Ndayishimiye, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Эварист Ндайишимие (18-02-2022) (cropped).jpg — Lukasz Kobus / European Commission, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Évariste Ndayishimiye\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/evariste-ndayishimiye. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T07:02:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/evariste-ndayishimiye","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/evariste-ndayishimiye","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/evariste-ndayishimiye?lang=ne"}}