Gervais Ndirakobuca

Gervais Ndirakobuca
9th Prime Minister of Burundi
Assumed office
7 September 2022
PresidentÉvariste Ndayishimiye
Preceded byAlain-Guillaume Bunyoni
Minister of the Interior
In office
June 2020 – 7 September 2022
PresidentÉvariste Ndayishimiye
Succeeded byMartin Niteretse
Personal details
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Bukinanyana, Cibitoke Province, Burundi
Political partyCNDD–FDD
OccupationPolitician
NicknameNdakugarika
Military service
Allegiance CNDD–FDD
Years of service? – 2003
Battles/warsBurundian Civil War

Gervais Ndirakobuca (born 1970) is a Burundian politician, former police officer and rebel commander serving as the Prime Minister of Burundi since 7 September 2022. Prior to that, he was the Minister of Interior, Public Security, and Community Development. He is known for his violent crackdown of the 2015 civil protest in Burundi[1] and was under United States and European Union sanctions for human rights violations when President Évariste Ndayishimiye appointed him security minister.[2]

  1. ^ "Burundi's new security minister has a long and bloody past". The Mail & Guardian. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ Uwamahoro, Thierry. "Bujumbura: 'miliyoni 121 z'amafaranga ava mu masoko ziranyuruzwa ku ndwi". BBC News Gahuza (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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