Nkurunziza was the first president chosen through democratic means since the start of the civil war in 1993 and was sworn in on 26 August, replacing transitional president Domitien Ndayizeye.

Buyoya selected as his vice-president Domitien Ndayizeye, a Hutu.

Also in July, Domitien Ndayizeye, a Hutu, took over as president of the transitional government, and Buyoya stepped down.

UPRONA President Pierre Buyoya handed over power to Hutu leader Domitien Ndayizeye of the Front for Democracy in Burundi ( a Hutu-based party ) on 30 April 2003.

* 8 October – Domitien Ndayizeye, President of Burundi and Pierre Nkurunziza, the leader of a faction of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy ( CNDD-FDD ) sign an agreement to integrate the armed forces, the police and intelligence services of Burundi, in Pretoria under the facilitation of Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa and Jacob Zuma, Deputy President of South Africa

Beginning in late 2003 and after the ceasefire agreement, he was appointed Minister for Good Governance in the transitional government of President Domitien Ndayizeye.

Four former heads of state-Jean-Baptiste Bagaza ( PARENA ), Pierre Buyoya ( UPRONA ), Sylvestre Ntibantunganya ( FRODEBU ), and the current transitional president Domitien Ndayizeye ( FRODEBU ) will occupy seats in the Senate along with three Twa members.

At the end of his term in 2003, Hutu Vice-President Domitien Ndayizeye took office and appointed a Tutsi ( Alphonse-Marie Kadege ) as vice-president.

On January 15, 2007, he was acquitted on charges of plotting a coup, along with former president Domitien Ndayizeye and three others ; two others were sentenced to long prison terms.

On 5 September 2006, Nzomukunda resigned as Second Vice-President, citing corruption and human rights abuses by the government, as well as casting doubt on the authenticity of a coup plot which saw former president Domitien Ndayizeye arrested a few weeks before on August 21.

The following month, on 2 January, he relinquished the position of prime minister to Elisabeth Domitien.

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At first, Domitien was made vice-president of the political party and later was appointed to the position of prime minister.

When Domitien openly rejected the plans, she was promptly fired and her cabinet was dismissed ( 7 April 1976 ).

With the overthrow of the Bokassa monarchy in September 1979, Domitien was arrested and brought to trial on charges of covering up extortion committed by Bokassa during her tenure as prime minister.

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The wines from the Gallic province were highly appreciated in Rome, and the progression of the vine worried the Romans to such an extent that, in 92 AD, the emperor Domitien decided to destroy the Gallic vineyards.

Domitien began her political career in the Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa ( MESAN ), the country's only legal political party at the time, being appointed vice president of the party in 1972.

Ndayizeye became the President of Burundi on April 30.

Along with the main Hutu rebel group, National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy ( FDD ), President Ndayizeye signed a ceasefire agreement at a summit of African leaders in Tanzania in November 2003.

Under his government, Ndayizeye tried to bridge the gap between the Hutu and the minority Tutsi people of Burundi through cooperation with other presidents in the region such as Museveni of Uganda and Mkapa of Tanzania.

Ndayizeye remained in office until replaced by Pierre Nkurunziza on August 26, 2005.

In 2004, Ndayizeye proposed a draft constitution to the parliament prior to it being put to the electorate in referendum later in the year.

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (, Anatolij Evgen ' evič Karpov ; born May 23, 1951 ) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion.

Karpov was born on May 23, 1951 at Zlatoust in the Urals region of the former Soviet Union, and learned to play chess at the age of four.

Louisa May Alcott was born on her father's birthday, November 29, 1832, at a half hour past midnight.

The marriage took place on 15 May 1239, and produced one son, the future Alexander III, born in 1241.

* Leandro Alfonso Luis Ruíz y Moragas ( born 26 April 1929 ), officially recognized by Spanish Courts on 21 May 2003 as Leandro Alfonso Luis de Borbón y Ruíz Moragas

Antonio Salieri ( 18 August 17507 May 1825 ) was a classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy.

Dürer was born on 21 May 1471, third child and second son of his parents, who had between fourteen and eighteen children.

Adam Carolla ( born May 27, 1964 ) is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor.

Sakharov was born in Moscow on May 21, 1921.

‘ Abdu ’ l-Bahá (‎; 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921 ), born ‘ Abbás Effendí, was the eldest son of Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith.

` Abdu ' l-Bahá was born in Tehran, Iran on 23 May 1844 ( 5th of Jamadiyu ' l-Avval, 1260 AH ), the eldest son of Bahá ' u ' lláh and Navváb.

Brigitte's mother enrolled Brigitte and her sister Marie-Jeanne ( born 5 May 1938 ) in dance.

Bernard Allan Federko ( born May 12, 1956 ) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League from 1976 through 1990.

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM ( born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago ) is a former West Indian international cricket player.

Bill Macy ( born Wolf Mavin Garber, May 18, 1922 ) is an American television and stage actor.

When their son, Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr, was born on 5 May 1925, Chaplin sent Grey and the child into hiding: it was seen as too close to their wedding, so a fake birth announcement was made to the press at the end of June.

Carl Linnaeus was born in the village of Råshult in Småland, Sweden on 23 May 1707.

Christopher Columbus ( Italian: Cristoforo Colombo ; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón ; before 31 October 145120 May 1506 ) was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa, in what is today northwestern Italy.

Charles Baxter ( born May 13, 1947 ) is an American author of fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

* José Cortéz ( born May 1975 ), professional NFL place-kicker

Gini was born on May 23, 1884, in Motta di Livenza, near Treviso, into an old landed family.

Janssen was born as David Harold Meyer in Naponee, Nebraska to Harold Edward Meyer, a banker ( May 12, 1906 – November 4, 1990 ) and Berniece Graf ( May 11, 1910 – November 26, 1995 ).

Daniel Robert " Danny " Elfman ( born May 29, 1953 ) is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.

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