title: 1994 in Burundi
text: # 1994 in Burundi
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Burundi.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President:
     * acting until February 5: Sylvie Kinigi
     * February 5-April 6: Cyprien Ntaryamira
     * starting April 6: Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
  * Prime Minister: Sylvie Kinigi (until February 5), Anatole Kanyenkiko (starting February 5)
  
  ## Events
  
  ### April
  
  * April 6 - The airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali. This was the major cause for the Rwandan genocide in Rwanda.
  