Who became Burundi’s president under the 2005 power-sharing constitution?

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Under the power-sharing constitution promulgated in 2005, Pierre Nkurunziza was elected president of Burundi. As the first post-transition president, he was elected by a two-thirds majority of Parliament rather than by universal suffrage.12