Doctor Yves Sahinguvu is a Burundian politician and medical doctor.
Career
From November 2007 to August 2010, he was the First Vice President in charge of political and administrative affairs A trained ophthalmologist, Sahinguvu was first appointed to the position of First Vice President on November 9, 2007 by act of parliament.
Politics
He replaced Martin Nduwimana, who was forced to resign by parliament due to a political stalemate. During the 2010 general elections, as his party representative, he ran for the presidential seat but decided to withdraw from the race together with all opposition parties, after they accused the ruling party of rigging previous councillors" elections.
Membership
Sahinguvu is a member of the opposition Union for National Progress.