Burundi
Country in E central Africa, bounded N by Rwanda, W by the Democratic
Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), SW by Lake Tanganyika, and SE and
E by Tanzania.
Government
The 1992 constitution provides for a president, elected by universal
suffrage for a maximum of two five- year terms, and a single-chamber,
81 -member national assembly, similarly elected for a five-year term.
The president shares power with a prime minister, who is chosen by the
assembly and who appoints and heads a council of ministers. The constitution
specifically bans parties that are ethnically or regionally based.
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