Sylvie Kinigi
Burundian politician
Sylvie Kinigi (née Ntigashira; born 24 November 1953) is a Burundian politician and economist who served as prime minister of Burundi from 10 July 1993 to 7 February 1994, and acting president from November 1993 to 5 February 1994, making her the second African woman to serve as a president.
Quotes
edit"Top 4 famous quotes of Africa’s first female President, Sylvie Kinigi"
edit- Daniel Ddembe, "Top 4 famous quotes of Africa’s first female President, Sylvie Kinigi", MotivationAfrica (archived from the original 28 November 2020)
- We cannot succeed when half of us is held back.
- It’s very difficult to say who has power now. The army does not seem to want to lose it. I have no military, no police force, and no control of the media. I have nothing.
- I cannot approve of my government entering into negotiations with people who assassinated our leaders.
- We entered into democracy without having the means of dealing with it. The process was too rapid. There was no time to form political leaders. So parties formed on the simple criteria of ethnicity. With Rwanda, we have in common inexperience in democracy and ineptness in managing power.
