Cyrille Ndayirukiye

Cyrille Ndayirukiye (8 July 1954 – 25 April 2021) was a Burundian politician and Army general. He served as Minister of National Defence of Burundi from 2000 to 2002. He was also one of the main anti-government militants in the 2015 coup attempt.

As one of the main soldiers involved in the 2015 coup attempt in Burundi, he was consequently sentenced to Life imprisonment in January 2016. Ndayirukiye subsequently died in prison on April 21, 2021.