Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BUJUMBURA37
2007-02-03 11:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Bujumbura
Cable title:
NEW BURUNDIAN CABINET APPOINTMENTS
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UNCLAS BUJUMBURA 000037
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/C AND INR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR ECON BY
SUBJECT: NEW BURUNDIAN CABINET APPOINTMENTS
REF: BUJUMBURA 27
UNCLAS BUJUMBURA 000037
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/C AND INR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR ECON BY
SUBJECT: NEW BURUNDIAN CABINET APPOINTMENTS
REF: BUJUMBURA 27
1. Burundian President Nkurunziza on January 23 announced
the following Cabinet appointments:
-- Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Breeding: Jean de
Dieu Mutabazi
-- Minister of Commerce and Industry: Donatien Nijimbere
-- Minister of Planning, Development and National
Reconstruction: Jean Bigirimana.
2. The appointments come after weeks of speculation about
an imminent cabinet shakeup. President Nkurunziza
dismissed the former Minister of Planning, Dieudonne
Ngowembona, amid allegations that he mishandled the sale of
the Presidential aircraft (reftel). His successor, Jean
Bigirimana, was most recently Minister of Commerce. Before
heading Commerce, Bigirimana previously served as Minister
of Transportation, Post, and Telecommunications.
Bio Notes
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3. Jean de Dieu Mutabazi is an agronomist by training. He
is the former spokesperson and Secretary General of the
opposition Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU.) An
ethnic Hutu, he was a member of Parliament elected on the
FRODEBU ticket in Bujumbura. During the transition, he was
Chief of Staff of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Mr. Mutabazi is the brother in law of former President
Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and he fled Burundi in 1996 after
President Buyoya came to power. He remained in Belgium
until the signing of the Arusha Accords. Some observers
believe he has recently joined the ruling CNDD-FDD.
4. Donatien Nijimbere, an ethnic Hutu, is from Ruyigi
province. A member of the CNDD-FDD, he was the finance
director of the National Social Security Institute. During
the transition, he was a FRODEBU member of the National
Assembly. He earned a degree in management at a private
university.
MOLLER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR AF/C AND INR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR ECON BY
SUBJECT: NEW BURUNDIAN CABINET APPOINTMENTS
REF: BUJUMBURA 27
1. Burundian President Nkurunziza on January 23 announced
the following Cabinet appointments:
-- Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Breeding: Jean de
Dieu Mutabazi
-- Minister of Commerce and Industry: Donatien Nijimbere
-- Minister of Planning, Development and National
Reconstruction: Jean Bigirimana.
2. The appointments come after weeks of speculation about
an imminent cabinet shakeup. President Nkurunziza
dismissed the former Minister of Planning, Dieudonne
Ngowembona, amid allegations that he mishandled the sale of
the Presidential aircraft (reftel). His successor, Jean
Bigirimana, was most recently Minister of Commerce. Before
heading Commerce, Bigirimana previously served as Minister
of Transportation, Post, and Telecommunications.
Bio Notes
--------------
3. Jean de Dieu Mutabazi is an agronomist by training. He
is the former spokesperson and Secretary General of the
opposition Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU.) An
ethnic Hutu, he was a member of Parliament elected on the
FRODEBU ticket in Bujumbura. During the transition, he was
Chief of Staff of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Mr. Mutabazi is the brother in law of former President
Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and he fled Burundi in 1996 after
President Buyoya came to power. He remained in Belgium
until the signing of the Arusha Accords. Some observers
believe he has recently joined the ruling CNDD-FDD.
4. Donatien Nijimbere, an ethnic Hutu, is from Ruyigi
province. A member of the CNDD-FDD, he was the finance
director of the National Social Security Institute. During
the transition, he was a FRODEBU member of the National
Assembly. He earned a degree in management at a private
university.
MOLLER