Melchior Bwakira

Ambassador Melchior Bwakira (1937–2009) was a diplomat and dean of Burundian Diplomats. Bwakira served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and co-operation ^[1] Minister of Transport, Telecommunications and Aeronautics (1972–1976). From 1978 to 1981 and from 1997 to 2001, Bwakira served as the Ambassador of Burundi to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. He was also the Burundian Permanent Representative to the Organization of African Unity (OAU, now African Union) and to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).^[2]

From 1981 to 1986, Bwakira was the Burundian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in New York, to Cuba and Mexico.^[3]

Bwakira, at the age of 24, was the first African Director of Radio Burundi in the early 1960s.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Foreign ministers A-D". http://rulers.org/fm1.html. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 
2. ^ "High-Level Brainstorming Meeting for African Trade Negotiators Preparatory to the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference". http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/Conference_Reports_and_Other_Documents/espd/2001/eca_oau/Provisional%20List%20of%20Participants%20270601.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 
3. ^ "General Assembly approves call for special assembly session on critical economic situation in Africa". UN Chronicle. 1986. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1309/is_v23/ai_4118331/. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 
4. ^ "Meeting on Educational Broadcasting in Tropical Africa; Report; 1961". http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001277/127743EB.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-01. 

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Name	Bwakira, Melchior
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Date of birth	1940
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