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Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza is a Burundian ordained minister who was First Lady of Burundi from 2005 to 2020 as the wife of Pierre Nkurunziza. She is the only ordained minister who has served as a first lady of any African nation.Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza was born in Gatsinda, Mwumba in Ngozi Province on 1 December 1969.