Godefroid Niyombare, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Godefroid Niyombare

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1969

Place of Birth: Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie Province, Burundi

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Burundi

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Godefroid Niyombare (born 1969) is a Burundian military officer who led a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza on 13 May 2015.
At the time of the coup attempt, Niyombare was a Major General.
He previously served as military chief of staff and as Burundi's Ambassador to Kenya, and he was head of the National Intelligence Service (Service national de renseignement, SNR) from December 2014, when he replaced Adolphe Nshimirimana, until February 2015, when he was dismissed by Nkurunziza and replaced by Major-General Moïse Pasteur Bucumi.