Prime Minister of Burundi

This article lists the **prime ministers of Burundi** since the creation of the post of Prime Minister of Burundi in 1961 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished in 1998, and recreated in 2020 with the appointment of Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni.

## Key

- _Political parties_

- _Other factions_

- _Status_

## List

|#|Portrait|Name|colspan="2"|Tenure|Political party||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||Ntare I Rushatsi Cambarantama|1530|1550|||||
|2||Mwezi I Baridamunka|1550|1580|||||
|3||Mutaga I Mutabazi|1580|1600|||||
|4||Mwambutsa I Nkomati|1600|1620|||||
|5||Ntare II Kibogora|1620|1650|||||
|6||Mwezi II Nyaburunga|1650|1680|||||
|7||**Ntare III Rushatsi**, <small>Mwami</small>|<small>1680</small>|<small>1709</small>|||||
|8||**Mwezi III Ndagushimiye**, <small>Mwami</small>|<small>1709</small>|<small>1739</small>|||||
|9||**Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo**, <small>Mwami</small>|<small>1739</small>|<small>1767</small>|||||
|10||**Mwambutsa III Syarushambo Butama**, <small>Mwami</small> <small>(Mwambutsa III Mbariza)</small>|<small>1767</small>|<small>1796</small>|||||
|11||**Ntare IV Rutaganzwa Rugamba**, <small>Mwami</small>|<small>1796</small>|<small>1850</small>|||||
|rowspan="3"|12|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**Mwezi IV Gisabo**, <small>Mwami</small>|<small>1850</small>|<small>_1884_</small>||
|<small>_1884_</small>|<small>_1 July 1890_</small>||||||||
|<small>_1 July 1890_</small>|<small>21 August 1908</small>||||||||
|13||Nidi Ririkumutima|<small>21 August 1908</small>|<small>21 August 1908</small>|||||
|14||Ntarugera|<small>21 August 1908</small>|<small>21 August 1908</small>|||||
|15||Nduwumwe|<small>21 August 1908</small>|<small>21 August 1908</small>|||||
|16||**Mutaga IV Mbikije**, <small>Mwami</small>|<small>21 August 1908</small>|<small>30 November 1915</small>|||||
|17||**Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng**, <small>Mwami</small>|<small>30 November 1915</small>|<small>_June 1916_</small>|||||
|18||Ngezamayo|1916|1916|||||
|19||Nidi Ririkumutima|1916|1916|||||
|20||Ntarugera|1916|1916|||||
|21||Nduwumwe|1916|1916|||||
|22||Karabona|1916|1916|||||
|23||Mbanzabugabo|1916|1916|||||
|24||Pierre Baranyanka|1916|1916|||||
|25||**Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng**, <small>King</small>|<small>_June 1916_</small>|<small>_1961_</small>|||||
|26||**Ntare V Ndizeye**, <small>King</small>|1961|1961|||||
||Joseph Cimpaye|1961|1961|UPP|||||
||Louis Rwagasore|1961|1961|UPRONA|||||
||André Muhirwa|1961|1962|UPRONA|||||
||André Muhirwa|1962|1963|UPRONA|||||
||Pierre Ngendandumwe|1963|1964|UPRONA|||||
||Albin Nyamoya|1964|1965|UPRONA|||||
||Pierre Ngendandumwe|1965|1965|UPRONA|||||
||Pié Masumbuko|1965|1965|UPRONA|||||
||Joseph Bamina|1965|1965|UPRONA|||||
||Léopold Biha|1965|1966|UPRONA|||||
||Michel Micombero|1966|1966|Military / UPRONA|||||
||Michel Micombero|1966|15 July 1972|Military / UPRONA|||||
||Albin Nyamoya|1972|1973|UPRONA|||||
||Michel Micombero|1973|1976|Military / UPRONA|||||
||Jean-Baptiste Bagaza|1976|1976|Military / UPRONA|||||
||Édouard Nzambimana|1976|1978|UPRONA|||||
||Jean-Baptiste Bagaza|1978|1987|Military / UPRONA|||||
||Pierre Buyoya|1987|1988|Military / UPRONA|||||
||Adrien Sibomana|1988|1993|UPRONA|||||
||Sylvie Kinigi|1993|1994|UPRONA|||||
||Anatole Kanyenkiko|1994|1995|UPRONA|||||
||Antoine Nduwayo|1995|1996|UPRONA|||||
||Pascal-Firmin Ndimira|1996|1998|UPRONA|||||
||Pierre Buyoya|1996|2003|UPRONA|||||
||Domitien Ndayizeye|2003|2005|FRODEBU|||||
||Pierre Nkurunziza|2005||1 May 2015|CNDD–FDD||||
||Godefroid Niyombare|1 May 2015|26 August  2015|CNDD–FDD|||||
||Pierre Nkurunziza|26 August  2015|2020|CNDD–FDD|||||
||Gaston Sindimwo|2020|2020|CNDD–FDD|||||
||Joseph Butore|2020|2020|CNDD–FDD|||||
||Pascal Nyabenda|2020|23 June 2020|CNDD–FDD|||||
||Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni|2020|2022|CNDD–FDD|||||
||Gervais Ndirakobuca|2022|Incumbent|CNDD–FDD|||||

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: Burundi
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Burundi.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Burundi
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **appointer**: List of kings of Burundi, The King
President of Burundi, The President
- **incumbent**: Gervais Ndirakobuca
- **incumbentsince**: 7 September 2022
- **formation**: 26 January 1961
23 June 2020
- **first**: Joseph Cimpaye
- **abolished**: 12 June 1998 – 23 June 2020