# Senate of Burundi (2005)

The 2005 Senate of Burundi sat from 2005 to 2010.

## History

In a popular referendum on 28 February 2005 the people of Burundi overwhelmingly approved a post-transitional constitution. Senate members were indirectly elected on 29 July 2005 by an electoral college of commune and provincial councils. The National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), which obtained the majority of seats in communal elections held in June, won an overwhelming majority (30) of the seats. The Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) won 3 seats, while the remaining seat went the National Council for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD), a breakaway faction of the CNDD-FDD.

## Members

Members of the post-transitional senate elected in 2005 were:
| Province | Surname, given name | Ethnicity | Gender | Party | elected / coopted |
| Bubanza Province | Nimbesha, Richard | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Bubanza Province | Rugira, Jean-Marie | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Bubanza Province | Habanabashaka, Pétronie | Hutu | F | CNDD-FDD | coopted |
| Bujumbura Rural Province | Ndabaneze, Laurent | Hutu | M | FRODEBU | elected |
| Bujumbura Rural Province | Baragengana, Rénovat | Tutsi | M | FRODEBU | elected |
| Bururi Province | Munyembabazi, William | Hutu | M | CNDD | elected |
| Bururi Province | Bimazubute, Générose | Tutsi | F | FRODEBU | elected |
| Bururi Province | Nzoyisaba, Catherine | Tutsi | F | U-PRONA | coopted |
| Bururi Province | Ndakoze, Monique | Tutsii | F | CNDD | coopted |
| Bururi Province | Bayaga, Evariste | Twa | M | - | coopted |
| Cankuzo Province | Baranyizigiye, Jacqueline | Hutu | F | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Cankuzo Province | Harushingingo, Balbatus | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Cibitoke Province | Manirakiza, Anatole | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Cibitoke Province | Ngayabihema, Phocas | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Gitega Province | Rufyikiri, Gervais | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Gitega Province | Busuguru, Déo | Tutsii | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Gitega Province | Bizimana, Clothilde | Hutu | F | FRODEBU | coopted |
| Karuzi Province | Nicayenzi, Jérome | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Karuzi Province | Rugema, Charles | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Karuzi Province | Abdallah, Zattune | Hutu | F | UPRONA | coopted |
| Kayanza Province | Nzikoruriho, Yollande | Hutu | F | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Kayanza Province | Hakizimana, Emilien | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Kayanza Province | Nzitonda, Libérate | Tutsi | F | CNDD-FDD | coopted |
| Kirundo Province | Musoro, Pascal | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Kirundo Province | Rivuzumwami, Philippe | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Kirundo Province | Masabo, Charles | Twa | M | - | coopted |
| Makamba Province | Niyungeko, Patricie | Hutu | F | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Makamba Province | Ntacano, Oscar | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Muramvya Province | Nicimbesha, Laurent | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Muramvya Province | Biha André, | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Muramvya Province | Ndayishimiye, Adélaïde | Hutu | F | FRODEBU | coopted |
| Muyinga Province | Radjabu, Yassin | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Muyinga Province | Niyonzima, Jeanne-chantal | Tutsii | F | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Muyinga Province | Saidi, Joha | Tutsi | F | CNDD | coopted |
| Muyinga Province | Karenzo, Pélagie | Twa | F | - | coopted |
| Mwaro Province | Kekenwa, Jérémie | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Mwaro Province | Ndikuriyo, Faustin | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Ngozi Province | Caraziwe, Clotilde | Hutu | F | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Ngozi Province | Ntwari, Antoine | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Rutana Province | Cegetera, Audace | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Rutana Province | Vyubusa, Zozime | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Ruyigi Province | Ntureka, Louis | Hutu | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Ruyigi Province | Arakaza, Claudette | Tutsi | F | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Bujumbura Mairie Province | Nakanyana, Générose | Hutu | F | CNDD-FDD | elected |
| Bujumbura Mairie Province | Rukara, Mohamed | Tutsi | M | CNDD-FDD | elected |