Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Heads of the
Parliament of Burundi/Republika y'uburundi (Female
Suffrage 1961)
Also
see Burundi Heads
Circa
2001-03 Secretary
General of the Transitional National Assembly Angèle Niyuhire
2003-05 Vice-Secretary General of the
Transitional National Assembly
2005-07 President of the Inama
NshingmateKa/l’Assemblée
Nationale Immaculée Nahayo
Minister of Solidarity, Human Rights and Children. Also known as Mamma Imakukata, she is widow of the former
Minister of the Interior Simon
Nyandwi, and mother of 6 children. (b. 1948-).
2005-06 1. Vice-President of the Senate Yolande
Nzikoruriho
In exile during the civil war and mother of 6 children.
2005-10 2. Vice-President of the Senate Générose
Mukerabirori
Widow of former Minister of Education, Gilles Bimazabute.
2005 Member of the Bureau of the Senate Pétronie Habanabashka
2005-10 Member of the Bureau of the Senate Clotilde
Bizimana
She was chairperson of
the Permanent Commisison for Economic Affairs, Finances and Budget
2005-10 Member of the Bureau of the
Senate Jeanne Chantal Niyonzima
2007-08 1. Vice-President of the l'Assemblée Nationale Alice Nzomukunda
Secretary General of the Transitional National Assembly 2004-05 and Spokesperson
of RAFEBU (Ralliement des associations des Femmes Burundaises) and the League of
the Women of CNDD-FDD. 2005-06 2. Vice-President responsible for Economic and Social Issue,
, Leader of the Democratic Alliance for Renewal (ADR) from 2009 and
Presidential Candidate in 2010. (b. 1966-).
2008-10 1. Vice-President of the l'Assemblée Nationale Irène Inankuyo
2008-13 2.
Vice-President of the l'Assemblée Nationale
Gloriose Baradandikanya
First Secretary at the Embassy in Egypt.
2010-15 1. Vice-President of the l’Assemblée Nationale Mo-Mamo Karerwa
2015 Acting President
After the incumbent President joined the opposition and left the country, she acted as head of the assembly.
2010- 1. Vice-President of the Senate Persile Mwidogo
2010- Member of the Bureau of the Senate Espérance Citegetse
2010- Member of the Bureau of the Senate Gloriose Hakizimana
2013- Queastor of the l'Assemblée Nationale Denise Sindokotse
Last update 10.08.15