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Pierre Buyoya
Pierre Buyoya was a Tutsi army officer who twice seized power in Burundi, ruling from 1987 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 2003. In his first term he opened the way to multiparty elections, which he lost to Melchior Ndadaye in 1993. His second coup came during the civil war, and he later took part in the Arusha peace process.
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