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burunDi*
H.E. Dr. Pierre ClaverNdayicariye,
President, CENI
PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
1. Official Name 1. Structure of National Legislature:
Republikay’u Burundi Bicameral
2. Government 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
President Republic Senate
AssembleeNationale (National Assembly)
3. Head of State Designation
President Pierre NKURUNZIZA 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
4. Head of government Designation
President Pierre NKURUNZIZA It consists of 100 directly elected members (or dep-
uties) and between 18 and 21 co-opted members
5. Capital who serve five-year terms. Deputies are elected in
Bujumbura 17 multimember constituencies using a party-list
6. Currency proportional representation system in accordance
Burundi franc (BIF) with the D’Hondt method. Political parties and lists
of independent candidates must receive over 2%
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) of the vote nationally to gain representation in the
Kirundi only 29.7% (official); French only .3% National Assembly.
(official); Swahili only .2%; English only .1% (offi-
cial); Kirundi and French 8.4%; Kirundi, French, and 4. Popular House
English 2.4%, other language combinations 2%, Assemblee Nationale
unspecified 56.9%
5. Type of Electoral System
8. Date of Independence Proportional representation system: members
1 July 1962 (from Belgium) elected by proportional representation from closed
multi-ethnic party lists from each province
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
Adopted by referendum on February 28, 2005, Minimum quota of 2% of the votes for representa-
amended in 2017 tion, must have 60% Hutu and 40% Tutsi members,
30% women, three members of Twa ethnic group
10. Language (s) are co-opted.
French, Kirundi, English (official)
11. Literacy Levels 100 members elected from 18 constituencies, and
Male: 76.3% Female: 61.22% 18 co-opted members
Total: 68.38% (2017)
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