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Zedi Feruzi

Zedi Feruzi (died 23 May ) was a Burundian politician from the minor Union for Peace and Development (UPD-Zigamibanga) party.

His assassination during the political unrest of , allegedly by supporters of the incumbent government of Pierre Nkurunziza, led to an increased polarisation between government and its political opponents.

Biography

A member of Burundi's small Muslim community, Feruzi studied at the University of Burundi.

He taught History for several years at a Catholic secondary school in Bujumbura before entering the Burundian government in to work in the Ministry of Justice.^[1] His brother served as governor of Muyinga Province.^[2] Feruzi subsequently took the leadership of the Union for Peace and Development (UPD-Zigamibanga), a small party supported predominantly by Muslims, in opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza.^[3] In , after the National Assembly of Burundi approved changed to laws governing political parties