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🇧🇮 Burundi
Presidential republic under dominant-party rule
SystemPresidential republic under dominant-party rule
Head of statePresident Évariste Ndayishimiye
Head of governmentPrime Minister Nestor Ntahontuye
LegislatureParliament · a National Assembly of about 110 seats and a Senate
ElectionsElections are held but the main opposition was effectively excluded from the 2025 vote
Last election2025-06-05 · parliamentary election, swept by the ruling CNDD-FDD
Next election2027 · presidential election due
The ruling CNDD-FDD has controlled Burundi since the end of the civil war in 2005, and the 2025 legislative election was held with the opposition CNL barred in practice. Ndayishimiye has reopened some diplomatic doors closed after the deadly 2015 crisis, though rights groups still document repression. The country ranks among the world's poorest, with chronic fuel and foreign-exchange shortages.
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