Albert Shibura | |
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Burundian Interior Minister | |
In office July 15, 1972 – June 5, 1973 | |
Burundian Ambassador to China | |
In office June 5, 1973 – 1975 | |
Succeeded by | Simon Sabimbona |
Ambassador of Burundi to Uganda | |
In office 1970–1971 | |
Succeeded by | Jonathas Niyungeko |
Personal details | |
Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Bururi [1] |
Albert Shibura (born 1939) is a Burundian retired politician and military officer.
Albert Shibura was born in 1939 in the Matana region of the present Bururi Province, Ruanda-Urundi. After six years of primary education he attended the Groupe Scolaire de Astrida. He subsequently attended Lovanium University in the Belgian Congo before failing out of his classes. Shibura later studied in Munich, West Germany before enrolling at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. [2]
After two years of study at Saint-Cyr, Shibura returned to Burundi in 1965 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Burundi National Army. [2]