Léonce Ngendakumana | |
Office1: | President of the National Assembly of Burundi |
Term Start1: | 12 January 1995 |
Term End1: | 25 July 1996 |
Predecessor1: | Jean Minani |
Successor1: | Disbanded |
Term Start2: | 18 July 1998 |
Term End2: | January 2002 |
Predecessor2: | Disbanded |
Successor2: | Jean Minani |
Party: | Front for Democracy in Burundi |
Léonce Ngendakumana is a Burundian politician who was President of the National Assembly of Burundi from 1995–1996, and again from 1998–2002.[1] He was born in 1954 in the province of Bujumbura, to a modest family. He launched his political career at a young age when he became politically active in the BAMPERE party, until the creation of the Burundi Workers' Party (UBU).
He was one of the founders of the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODÉBU), and in 2006, he became its secretary-general.
He was elected to represent Bujumbura in the National Assembly. In 1995, he became President of the Assembly, holding that post until 2002.[2] He was re-elected as deputy in the 2005 elections but his party, FRODÉBU, failed to gain control of the Assembly.