<page_title> List of Presidents of Burundi </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Melchior Ndadaye (1953–1993) <col_header> President (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Left office </col_header> <col_header> Michel Micombero (1940–1983) </col_header> <col_header> Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946–2016) </col_header> <col_header> Pierre Buyoya (1949–) </col_header> <row_header> 4 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 10 July 1993 <col_header> Tenure </col_header> <row_header> 4 </row_header> <row_header> Melchior Ndadaye (1953–1993) </row_header> </cell> <cell> Hutu <col_header> Ethnic affiliation </col_header> <row_header> 4 </row_header> <row_header> Melchior Ndadaye (1953–1993) </row_header> </cell> </table>
On 10 july 1993, Ndadaye was sworn in as the first Hutu president of Burundi.