Eustache Ngabisha Explained

Eustache Ngabisha (d. 1972 in Ngozi, Burundi)[1] was a Burundian politician, and the father of Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza.[2]

Ngabisha, who was Hutu and Roman Catholic,[3] was an associate of Louis Rwagasore in the early 1960s,[4] and subsequently became involved in politics, joining UPRONA.[3]

In 1965, he was elected to a term in the Parliament of Burundi,[5] and later served as governor of Ngozi Province and Kayanza Province[5] (also described as the "director" of Kabezi, and the "commissioner of the district (Ngozi-Kayanza)").[3]

During the 1972 genocide in Burundi, Ngabisha was imprisoned in Ngozi, and subsequently strangled in his cell with his own necktie.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/235822/politique/burundi-quest-ce-qui-fait-courir-nkurunziza/ Burundi : qu’est-ce qui fait courir Nkurunziza ?
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qtuRDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22eustache+ngabisha%22&pg=PA2021 The New Pan-Africanism: Globalism and the Nation State in Africa
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22eustache+ngabisha%22&pg=RA3-PA489 "Pierre Nkurunziza"
  4. https://www.lalibre.be/international/nkurunziza-de-la-revolte-au-pouvoir-51b88b2ee4b0de6db9ac8be2 Nkurunziza, de la révolte au pouvoir
  5. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-349-74024-6_137 Burundi