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Joseph Bukera

Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East

Joseph Bukera was a Burundian jurist born in 1932 in Muyaga, Ruyigi Province. He earned a liberal arts degree from the Official University of the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi in 1960 and a law degree from the Free University of Brussels in 1964. He served as Secretary of State for Justice, Surêté and Immigration of Burundi in 1965, during which he headed the electoral commission overseeing the legislative election held that year, and later served as President of the Supreme Court of Burundi from February 1968 to October 1974. In January 1967 he acted as rapporteur at a meeting of the International Commission of Jurists in Dakar examining public opinion on the rule of law.

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1933 2
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1. Joseph Bukera (Wikipedia)
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  • Introduction, gender
    He served as the Burundian Secretary of State for Justice, Surêté, and Immigration from March to 10 September 1965 and President of the Supreme Court of Burundi from 29 February 1968 to 8 October 1974.
  • Introduction, nationality
    Joseph Bukera (born 1932) is a Burundian jurist. Ethnically, he was Tutsi. He received his primary education and much of his secondary education at the Muyaga Minor Seminary before enrolling at the Burasira Major Seminary, where he studied for two years.
  • Introduction
    Joseph Bukera (born 1932) is a Burundian jurist.
  • In Legal System: Law of Burundi, Wikipedia lead sentence
    is a Burundian jurist
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2. Wikidata: Joseph Bukera
Wikidata Q110147972, P569 date of birth claim (year)
Quote, Wikidata Q110147972, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1933
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