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Charles Baranyanka, 1962

Charles Baranyanka (1935 – 1 August 2021) was a Burundian diplomat and historian.

Early life

Charles Baranyanka was born in 1935 in Rabiro, Ngozi Province, Ruanda-Urundi.Шаблон:Sfn His father, Pierre Baranyanka, was a chief who had close connections with the Belgian colonial administration.[1] Ethnically, he was a Ganwa of the Tare lineage. He attended the Groupe Scolaire d'Astrida before studying political science at the University of Liège from 1958 to 1961. He married a Belgian woman.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

Unlike his brothers, who became leading members of the Christian Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Chrétien, PDC), Baranyanka chose to support the Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progres National, UPRONA).Шаблон:Sfn After completing his studies in 1961 he became the chargé d'affaires of Burundi's delegation to the European Economic Community (EEC). The following year he was made Burundi's permanent representative to the EEC.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1965 Baranyanka was appointed Ambassador to France. He subsequently became Ambassador to Switzerland.Шаблон:Sfn In February 1967 the Burundian government recalled him to Bujumbura[2] and arrested him for embezzlement and jeopardising state security. He was acquitted on the first charge but incarcerated for the second count until July 1969. He was nominated by Minister of Foreign Affairs Libère Ndabakwaje to become Ambassador to the United States, but the incumbent, Terence Nsanze, garnered support to suppress it. He then became the chef de cabinet for Ndabakwaje. Ndabakwaje was then made Minister of Economy and Baranyanka moved to that ministry to occupy the same post.Шаблон:Sfn In 1971 he was accused by Henri Ntakiyica—who had been incarcerated since 1961 of plotting with Baranyanka's brothers to assassinate Louis Rwagasore—of conspiring with other officials to hire assassins to kill President Michel Micombero.Шаблон:Sfn Baranyanka was arrested and detained until 1974.Шаблон:Sfn He later became a historian,[1] and in 2015 published a history of Burundi, Le Burundi face à la croix et à la bannière.[3]

Baranyanka died on 1 August 2021.[2]

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