He came into office when the previous president, Cyprien Ntaryamira, was killed in a plane crash (an assassination in which President Juvénal Habyarimana was also killed), and he left office when he was deposed by Pierre Buyoya in a military coup of 1996.
He came into office. The previous president was killed in a plane crash (an assassination in which President Juvénal Habyarimana was also killed). Cyprien Ntaryamira was the previous president. He left office. He was deposed by Pierre Buyoya in a military coup of 1996.