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Godefroid Bizimana

Godefroid Bizimana is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Godefroid Bizimana				[sources]
Birth date	1968-04-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Nyagaseke				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Burundi				[sources]
First name	Godefroid				[sources]
Last name	Bizimana				[sources]
Passport number	`DP0001520`				[sources]
Created at	2015-12-04				[sources]
Modified on	2022-11-04				[sources]
Last changed	2023-06-10	Last checked	2024-04-25	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

“Chargé de missions de la Présidence” and former Deputy Director-General of the National Police. On 31 Dec 2019, Mr Bizimana was promoted to the rank of Chief Police Commissioner. Responsible for undermining democracy by making operational decisions that have led to a disproportionate use of force and acts of violent repression towards peaceful demonstrations that started on 26 Apr 2015 following the announcement of the presidential candidacy of President Nkurunziza.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`DP0001520`	Burundi	passport	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 4 november 2015 on measures against Burundi (SR 946.231.121.8), annex	2015-12-04	2022-11-04

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes.

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Source data IDs: eu-tb-logical-106446 · fr-ga-1282 · eu-fsf-eu-2397-46 · ch-seco-32655

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