Gervais Ndirakobuca

Gervais Ndirakobuca is a Burundian politician, retired police lieutenant general and former rebel commander serving as the President of the Senate of Burundi since 5 August 2025. Prior to that, he was the Prime Minister of Burundi from 7 September 2022 until 5 August 2025. And prior to that, he was the Minister of Interior, Public Security, and Community Development. He is known for his violent crackdown of the 2015 civil protest in Burundi and was under United States and European Union sanctions for human rights violations when President Évariste Ndayishimiye appointed him security minister.