What is Emmanuel Niyonkuru?
'''Emmanuel Niyonkuru''' (20 July 1962 &ndash; 1 January 2017) was a [[Burundi]]an politician. He was appointed to the [[Politics of Burundi|Government of Burundi]] as [[List of environmental ministries|Minister of Water and Environment]] in 2015, after having been elected as a [[senator]] for the district of [[Muramvya]]. He was born in the [[Commune of Rutegama]], Burundi. Niyonkuru was [[assassinated]] by gunshot in the capital city of [[Bujumbura]] on 1 January 2016, aged 54. A woman was reportedly arrested.<ref>{{cite web|title=Niyonkuru, Burundi minister assassinated|url=http://www.nan.ng/news/niyonkuru-burundi-minister-assassinated/|access-date=1 January 2017|work=News Agency of Nigeria|date=1 January 2017|archive-date=2 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102180539/http://www.nan.ng/news/niyonkuru-burundi-minister-assassinated/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Burundi minister assassinated in Bujumbura|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20170101-burundi-minister-assassinated-police|access-date=1 January 2017|work=[[France 24]]|date=1 January 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Niyonkuru, Emmanuel}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm]] [[Category:Burundian politicians]] [[Category:Assassinated people]] [[Category:African businesspeople]] {{bio-stub}}