The
Burundi Council of Ministers is elected by the chief of the State, the president. The Burundi government comprises of twenty members who are known as the Burundi Council of Ministers. The executive branch of the government consists of the president, vice-president and the council of ministers. According to the new constitution, Hutus must occupy sixty percent of the seats and the Tutsis a total of forty percent. Presently, the parliament of Burundi has thirteen men as council of ministers among which nine are Hutus and four Tutsis. There are also seven women in the Council of Ministers of the Burundi parliament. Among the women ministers, two are Hutus and five are Tutsis. It is a rule in the Burundi parliament that thirty percent of the seats should be reserved for women candidates.
Following are the names of the political parties whose members form the council of ministers of the Burundi parliament:
- FRODEBU (Front for Democracy in Burundi)
- UPRONA ( Union For National Progress)
- CNDD (National Council for the Defense of Democracy)
- MRC (Movement for the Rehabilitation of Citizens-Rurenzangemero)
- PARENA (Party for National Recovery)
