Burundi · Government
Government and administration in Burundi
How the executive, legislature and administrative state are organised, and which body is responsible for what.
The three branches
- Executive — President and Prime Minister
- Seven-year term under the 2018 constitution.
- Legislative — National Assembly and Senate
- Constitutional quotas: 60% Hutu, 40% Tutsi, 30% women in the Assembly.
- Judicial — Supreme Court and Constitutional Court
- Conseil supérieur de la magistrature governs the career.
- Local — Provinces and communes
- Communal administration with elected councils.
How legislation is made
Bills are examined in committee and plenary in both chambers; certain organic laws require reinforced majorities reflecting the ethnic balance provisions. The President promulgates.
Enforcement institutions
- Police nationale du Burundi
- National police service with quota-based composition.
- Parquet général
- Prosecution service attached to the courts.
- Cour des comptes
- Public finance audit.
Government bodies and regulators
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