Ministers of the Burundian Government

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The Government of Burundi consists of a 20-member Council of Ministers appointed by the President. The Council of Ministers, together with the President and Vice-Presidents, forms the executive branch of government in the country.

The constitution, which enshrines ethnically-based power-sharing, requires that 60% of ministers come from the ethnic Hutu majority while the remaining 40% come from the ethnic Tutsi minority. At least 30% of government ministers must be women.

Members of President Pierre Nkurunziza's government were announced on 14 November 2007. The government consists of 12 men (8 Hutus and 4 Tutsis) and 8 women (6 Hutus and 2 Tutsis). The ethnic composition is 14 Hutus and 6 Tutsis. A new government was announced on August 29, 2010; the list below is for the old government.

Current Government

Office	Incumbent	Political Affiliation	Ethnic Affiliation
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Antoinette Batumubwira ♀	CNDD-FDD	Tutsi
Minister of Home Affairs and Communal Development	Venant Kamana	CNDD-FDD	Tutsi
Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Government Seals	Jean Bosco Ndikumana
Minister of National Defense and Former Combatants	Maj.Gen. Germain Niyoyankana	Independent	Tutsi
Minister at the Presidency in charge of Good Governance, Privatization, General Inspection of the State and Local Administration	Martin Nivyabadi		Hutu
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock	Eng. Ferdinand Nderagakura
Minister of Economy, Finance and Development	Clothilde Nizigimana ♀	CNDD-FDD	Hutu
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism	Euphrasie Bigirimana ♀		Hutu
Minister of Environment, Territory Management and Public services	Eng. Anatole Kanyenkiko
Minister of Education and Scientific Research	Saïdi Kibeya	CNDD-FDD	Hutu
Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports	Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo	CNDD-FDD	Tutsi
Minister of Public Health and HIV/Aids fight	Dr. Emmanuel Gikoro
Minister of Information, Communication, Relations with Parliament, and Government Spokesman	Hafsa Mossi ♀	CNDD-FDD	Hutu
Minister of Civil Services, Labour and social security	Clotilde Niragira ♀	CNDD-FDD	Hutu
Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications	Philippe Njoni	UPRONA	Tutsi
Minister of Water, Energy and Minerals	Samuel Ndayiragije
Minister at the Presidency in charge of AIDS	Barnabe Mbonimpa ♀	FRODEBU	Hutu
Minister of Public Safety	Alain Guillaume Bunyoni ♀	CNDD-FDD	Hutu
Minister of National Solidarity, Repatriation, National Building, Human Rights and Gender	Immaculée Nahayo ♀	CNDD-FDD	Hutu
Minister of Regional Integration and East African Community Affairs	Vénérand Bakevyumasaya		Hutu

Political Affiliation:-

• CNDD-FDD – National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy
• FRODEBU – Front for Democracy in Burundi
• MRC-Rurenzangemero – Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens-Rurenzangemero
• MSP-Inkinzo – Pan Africanist Socialist Movement-Inkinzo
• PARENA - Party for National Recovery
• UPRONA - Union for National Progress

See also

• Burundi
  • Rulers and heads of state of Burundi
  • Heads of government of Burundi
  • Vice-Presidents of Burundi
• Burundi elections, 2005
• History of Burundi