| # |
Portrait |
Name |
Tenure |
| 1 |
|
Ntare I Rushatsi Cambarantama |
1530 |
1550 |
| 2 |
|
Mwezi I Baridamunka |
1550 |
1580 |
| 3 |
|
Mutaga I Mutabazi |
1580 |
1600 |
| 4 |
|
Mwambutsa I Nkomati |
1600 |
1620 |
| 5 |
|
Ntare II Kibogora |
1620 |
1650 |
| 6 |
|
Mwezi II Nyaburunga |
1650 |
1680 |
| 7 |
|
Ntare III Rushatsi, Mwami |
1680 |
1709 |
| 8 |
|
Mwezi III Ndagushimiye, Mwami |
1709 |
1739 |
| 9 |
|
Mutaga III Senyamwiza Mutamo, Mwami |
1739 |
1767 |
| 10 |
|
Mwambutsa III Syarushambo Butama, Mwami
(Mwambutsa III Mbariza) |
1767 |
1796 |
| 11 |
|
Ntare IV Rutaganzwa Rugamba, Mwami |
1796 |
1850 |
| 12 |
|
Mwezi IV Gisabo, Mwami |
1850 |
1884 |
| 1884 |
1 July 1890 |
| 1 July 1890 |
21 August 1908 |
| 13 |
|
Nidi Ririkumutima |
21 August 1908 |
21 August 1908 |
| 14 |
|
Ntarugera |
21 August 1908 |
21 August 1908 |
| 15 |
|
Nduwumwe |
21 August 1908 |
21 August 1908 |
| 16 |
|
Mutaga IV Mbikije, Mwami |
21 August 1908 |
30 November 1915 |
| 17 |
|
Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, Mwami |
30 November 1915 |
June 1916 |
| 18 |
|
Ngezamayo |
1916 |
1916 |
| 19 |
|
Nidi Ririkumutima |
1916 |
1916 |
| 20 |
|
Ntarugera |
1916 |
1916 |
| 21 |
|
Nduwumwe |
1916 |
1916 |
| 22 |
|
Karabona |
1916 |
1916 |
| 23 |
|
Mbanzabugabo |
1916 |
1916 |
| 24 |
|
Pierre Baranyanka |
1916 |
1916 |
| 25 |
|
Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng, King |
June 1916 |
1966 |
| 26 |
|
Ntare V Ndizeye, King |
1966 |
8 July/1 September 1966 to 28 November 1966 |
|
| 27 |
 |
Michel Micombero (1940–1983) |
28 November 1966 |
1 November 1976 (deposed.) |
| 28 |
 |
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (1946–2016) [a] |
1 November 1976 |
3 September 1987 (deposed.) |
| 29 |
 |
Pierre Buyoya (1949–2020) [b] |
3 September 1987 |
10 July 1993 |
| 30 |
 |
Melchior Ndadaye (1953–1993) |
10 July 1993 |
21 October 1993 (assassinated.) |
| 31 |
 |
François Ngeze (born 1953) [c] |
21 October 1993 |
27 October 1993 |
| 32 |
 |
Sylvie Kinigi (born 1953) |
27 October 1993 |
5 February 1994 |
| 33 |
 |
Cyprien Ntaryamira (1955–1994) |
5 February 1994 |
6 April 1994 (assassinated.) |
| 34 |
 |
Sylvestre Ntibantunganya (born 1956) |
6 April 1994 |
1 October 1994 |
| 1 October 1994 |
25 July 1996 (deposed.) |
| 35 |
 |
Pierre Buyoya (1949–2020) |
25 July 1996 |
11 June 1998 |
| 11 June 1998 |
30 April 2003 |
| 35 |
 |
Domitien Ndayizeye (born 1951) |
30 April 2003 |
26 August 2005 |
| 36 |
 |
Pierre Nkurunziza (1964–2020) |
26 August 2005 |
1 May 2015 |
| 37 |
|
Godefroid Niyombare
(1969–) |
1 May 2015 |
26 August 2015 |
| 38 |
 |
Pierre Nkurunziza
(1964–2000) |
26 August 2015 |
8 June 2020
(died in office.) |
| 39 |
|
Gaston Sindimwo
(1965–) |
8 June 2020 |
8 June 2020 |
| 40 |
|
Joseph Butore
(1969–) |
8 June 2020 |
10 June 2020 |
| 41 |
 |
Pascal Nyabenda (1966–) |
10 June 2020 |
18 June 2020 |
| 42 |
 |
Évariste Ndayishimiye (born 1968) |
18 June 2020 |
Incumbent |