Sylvestre Ntiybantunganya (born 1956) is a Burundi political figure. He served as the president of Burundi from 6 April 1994 until 25 July 1996 (interim to October 1994). He came into office when the previous president was killed in a plane crash, and he left office when he was deposed in a military coup. He is an ethnic Hutu. He served as foreign minister briefly during 1993.