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Key facts
- Preceded by
- François Ngeze (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Cyprien Ntaryamira
- President
- Melchior Ndadaye
- Born
- Sylvie Ntigashira , ( 1953-11-24 ) 24 November 1953 (age 72) , Mugoyi, Bujumbura Rural Province , Burundi
- Party
- Union pour le Progrès national
- Alma mater
- University of Burundi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sylvie
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Burundi
- Place of birth
- Bujumbura
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Burundi
- Educated at
- Université du Burundi
- Political party
- Union for National Progress
- Image
- Sylvie Kinigi at Bujumbura airport, 1993.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-11-24
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- Sylvie Kinigi
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Encyclopedic overview
Sylvie Kinigi (née Ntigashira; born 24 November 1953) is a Burundian politician and economist who served as prime minister of Burundi from 10 July 1993 to 7 February 1994, and acting president from November 1993 to 5 February 1994, making her the second African woman to serve as a president.
Born to a Tutsi family, she earned a degree in banking from the University of Burundi in 1979 and another diploma from the Centre de Formation de la Profession Bancaire in Paris. Politically, Kinigi was closely affiliated with the Union pour le Progrès national (UPRONA), Burundi's only legal political party at the time, and was an active member of the Union des Femmes Burundaises, a subgroup of UPRONA, serving as a member of its central committee by 1987. In that capacity she lobbied for legislative changes and government measures to benefit women. In 1990 Kinigi was hired by the Bank of the Republic of Burundi to direct its department of research and statistics, and the following year she was placed in charge of Burundi's structural adjustment program.
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