Alain Mutabazi
Alain Mutabazi | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Kirundo Province, Burundi | |
| In office 2015–2020 | |
| Preceded by | Melchior Nankwahomba |
| Succeeded by | Albert Hatungimana |
| Minister of Defense | |
Alain Tribert Mutabazi is a Burundian politician who was the governor of northern Province of Kirundo and later was appointed Minister of Defense.
Background
Mutabazi is a native of the Ntega commune in Kirundo province. He was educated at the University of Burundi where he was a representative of the Imbonerakure youth. He was a Director of Vocational Education in Kirundo province and was later appointed Economic Advisor to the Governor of the Kirundo Province.[citation needed]
Governor of Kirundo
Melchior Nankwahomba was governor of Kirundo Province as of December 2018.[1] In February 2019, as the new governor of Kirundo, Alain Tribert Mutabazi presented a report outlining achievements in 2018 and the outlook for 2019. Plans for the year 2019 included an extension of the Kirundo University Institute of Lakes, a modern stadium to be built in Renga village, Busoni Commune, a project to electrify the communes of Busoni, Bwambarangwe and Gitobe, a state project for manage marshes and irrigation to deal with climate change, and the Kirundo Town Extension Project. He also talked of preparations for the 2020 elections.[2]
Minister of Defense
In June 2020 President Évariste Ndayishimiye appointed his first government. It included Engineer Alain-Tribert Mutabazi, former governor of Kirundo Province, as Minister of National Defense.[3] In April 2021 Mutabazi admitted that lack of discipline was a major problem in the army, that had to be addressed quickly. Many of the crimes were the result of drunken arguments, including three recent killings in less than one month.[4]
In August 2023 Mutabazi travelled to Moscow to attend an International Military-Technical Forum organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. He met with defense officials and the Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport to discuss impleemtation of the military-technical agreement the two countries had signed the previous year.[citation needed] In April 2024 Mutabazi said that the Burundi National Defense Force (FDNB) wanted good relations with all countries, and was non-aligned with the great powers over military cooperation, including the European Union, Russian Federation and United States of America.[5] As of June 2024 Alain Tribert Mutabazi continued to hold office as Minister of National Defense and Veterans Affairs.[6]
References
Sources
- "Annexe 1 - Institutions au Burundi (situation decembre 2018)" (PDF), Political Chronicles of the African Great Lakes Region, p. 122, 2018, retrieved 2024-06-18
- "Burundi Defense Minister Worried About Drunkenness Among Soldiers", Taarifa Rwanda, 2021-04-16, archived from the original on 2021-04-16, retrieved 2021-06-07
- Emery Kwizera (23 April 2024), Coopération militaire avec les grandes puissances : « La FDNB pratique le non-alignement » (in French), Iwacu, retrieved 2024-06-19
- Membres du Gouvernement (in French), Presidency of Burundi, retrieved 2024-06-19
- "Perezida Ndayishimiye Yashyizeho Leta Nshya mu Burundi", Ijwi ry'Amerika (in Kinyarwanda), retrieved 2021-06-07
- Jean De Dieu (21 February 2019), Presentation of the Achievements Report for the Year 2018 and Outlook, retrieved 2024-06-19
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