Joseph Butore

{{short description|Burundian politician}}

{{infobox politician

|name = Joseph Butore

|image =Joseph Butore, Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi.jpg

|office = Second Vice President of Burundi

|term_start = 20 August 2015

|term_end = 23 June 2020

|predecessor = Gervais Rufyikiri

|successor = Prosper Bazombanza
{{small|(as Vice President)}}

|party = CNDD–FDD

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}}

}}

Joseph Butore (born 1969) is a Burundian politician who served as Second Vice President of Burundi from 2015 to 2020.{{Cite web|title=Dr. Joseph Butore|url=https://presidence.gov.bi/le-president/les-vice-presidents/dr-joseph-butore/|date=2017-03-16|website=Présidence de la République du Burundi|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-04}} He was born in Cibitoke, Burundi in 1969. He was initially elected as a deputy of the Cibitoke constituency in 2010 and was appointed by President Pierre Nkurunziza as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2013. In 2015, he was appointed Second Vice President.

On October 25, 2022, he received Russian citizenship.{{Cite web|title= Указ Президента Российской Федерации «О приёме в гражданство Российской Федерации и выходе из гражданства Российской Федерации»|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202210240003|date=2022-10-26|website=Официальное опубликование правовых актов|language=ru-RU|access-date=}}