Burundi Workers' Party
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Burundi Workers' Party Parti des travailleurs du Burundi Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi | |
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Founder | Salvator Buyagu Cyprien Ntaryamira Melchior Ndadaye Jérôme Ndiho Festus Ntanyungu Jean Ndikumana Sylvestre Ntibantunganya |
Founded | December 1979 |
Dissolved | 1986 |
Succeeded by | Front for Democracy in Burundi |
Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Hutu interests |
Political position | Far-left |
Burundi Workers' Party (French: Parti des travailleurs du Burundi, PTB; Kirundi: Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi, UBU) was a clandestine communist party in Burundi. Its primary constituency was the large Burundian refugee population situated in neighboring Rwanda.
The party was founded in December 1979 by Salvator Buyagu, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Melchior Ndadaye, Jérôme Ndiho, Festus Ntanyungu, Jean Ndikumana, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, and several others.[1]
When UBU was disbanded, followers of Ndadaye regrouped into the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODÉBU).
References
- ^ Waegenaere, Xavier (April 1996). "À la Mémoire de Cyprien Ntaryamira". Ijambo (in French). No. 14. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008.
Sources
- Eggers, Ellen K. Historical dictionary of Burundi. 2nd ed. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1997. (ISBN 0-8108-3261-5)
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