1987 Burundian Coup d'État

Date: September 3, 1987 • Location: Rome, Italy

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1987.

While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.

Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was a Burundian army officer and politician who ruled Burundi as president and de facto military dictator from November 1976 to September 1987.