Burundi By dwlehrhardt Period: 1959 to 1959 x Jul 1, 1962 Independence 1965 Ngendandumwe assassinated 1965 Léopold Biha prime minister 1966 King Charles Ndizeye deposed 1966 Michel Micombero prime minister 1972 Ikiza killings 1976 Second Republic 1987 Third Republic 1988 Mass killings 1992 New constitution 1993 First free elections Period: 1993 to 2005 Civil war 1994 President Ntaryamira killed 1996 Coup Buyoya 2005 Pierre Nkurunziza elected president 2010 Nkurunziza re-elected, violence 2015 Third-term controversy 2017 Burundi leaves ICC 2020 Ndayishimiye elected president
