Council of Ministers (Burundi)
The Council of Ministers of Burundi are the senior level of the executive branch of Burundi and consists of the Prime Minister of Burundi and various Ministers. The 2018 constitution, which enshrines ethnically based power-sharing, requires that at most 60% of ministers come from the ethnic Hutu majority and at most 40% hail from the Tutsi minority. At least 30% of government ministers must be women. The members of the council are directly appointed by the President in consultation with the Vice-President and Prime minister.
The current council of ministers commenced on 8 September 2024 and is President Évariste Ndayishimiye's second cabinet.
Current members of the government
President Évariste Ndayishimiye's first council was a total of 15 ministers of which 5 were women.This cabinet was changed after the former Prime minister, Alain Guillaume Bunyoni was sacked in September 2022. After a couple of cabinet reshuffling, the current cabinet is headed by Prime Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca and is made up of the following 15 ministers:
Members of the Government named in 2010
The president Pierre Nkurunziza named a new government on August 30, 2010. The newly formed government consisted of 21 ministers, out of which 10 were members of the previous government.Members of the government named in 2007
In 2007 the Government of Burundi consisted of a 20-member Council of Ministers appointed by the President. The Council of Ministers, together with the President and Vice-Presidents, forms the executive branch of government in the country.Members of President Pierre Nkurunziza's government were announced on 14 November 2007. The government consisted of 12 men and 8 women. The ethnic composition was 14 Hutus and 6 Tutsis. A new government was on August 29, 2010.
| Office | Incumbent | Political Affiliation |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Antoinette Batumubwira ♀ | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of Home Affairs and Communal Development | Venant Kamana | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Government Seals | Jean Bosco Ndikumana | |
| Minister of National Defense and Former Combatants | Maj.Gen. Germain Niyoyankana | Independent |
| Minister at the Presidency in charge of Good Governance, Privatization, General Inspection of the State and Local Administration | Martin Nivyabadi | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Livestock | Eng. Ferdinand Nderagakura | |
| Minister of Economy, Finance and Development | Clothilde Nizigimana ♀ | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism | Euphrasie Bigirimana ♀ | |
| Minister of Environment, Territory Management and Public services | Eng. Anatole Kanyenkiko | UPRONA |
| Minister of Education and Scientific Research | Saïdi Kibeya | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports | Jean-Jacques Nyenimigabo | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of Public Health and HIV/Aids fight | Dr. Emmanuel Gikoro | |
| Minister of Information, Communication, Relations with Parliament, and Government Spokesman | Hafsa Mossi ♀ | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of Civil Services, Labour and social security | Clotilde Niragira ♀ | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications | Philippe Njoni | UPRONA |
| Minister of Water, Energy and Minerals | Samuel Ndayiragije | |
| Minister at the Presidency in charge of AIDS | Barnabe Mbonimpa ♀ | FRODEBU |
| Minister of Public Safety | Alain Guillaume Bunyoni ♀ | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of National Solidarity, Repatriation, National Building, Human Rights and Gender | Immaculée Nahayo ♀ | CNDD-FDD |
| Minister of Regional Integration and East African Community Affairs | Vénérand Bakevyumusaya | - |