Joseph Butore | |
Office: | Second Vice President of Burundi |
Term Start: | 20 August 2015 |
Term End: | 23 June 2020 |
Predecessor: | Gervais Rufyikiri |
Successor: | Prosper Bazombanza |
Party: | CNDD–FDD |
Joseph Butore (born 1969) is a Burundian politician who served as Second Vice President of Burundi from 2015 to 2020.[1] He was born in Cibitoke, Burundi in 1969. He was initially elected as a deputy of the Cibitoke constituency in 2010 and was appointed by President Pierre Nkurunziza as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2013. In 2015, he was appointed Second Vice President.
On October 25, 2022, he received Russian citizenship.[2]