Joseph Mbazumutima

Mbazumutima served as the private secretary of Mwami Mwambutsa IV, his second cousin, from 1955 to 1961.^[2] In September 1961 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly as a member of the Union for National Progress (Union pour le Progrès national, UPRONA) party. He adhered to the Casblanca faction in the body.^[1] The government considered making him an ambassador to either the United States or the Soviet Union, but he was never given such an appointment.^[2]

In January 1963 Mbazumutima was appointed chief administrator of the Institut Murundi d'Information et de Documentation. In May he was appointed Grand Marshall of the Royal Court.^[1] He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 6 April 1964.^[2] By 1966 he was serving as the administrator of the Burundian National Bank.^[3] He was dismissed in November 1968.^[1]

• Lemarchand, René (1970). Rwanda and Burundi. New York: Praeger Publishers. OCLC 254366212.
• Weinstein, Warren (1976). Historical Dictionary of Burundi. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-0962-8.