He was given the job as a goodwill gesture by the country's Tutsi elite, who dominate the army, to the Hutu majority, who say they feel oppressed.
The country's majority ethnic group, the Burman, has dominated the army and held the highest posts in government since independence.
Syria was divided principally between the socialist Baʾth, led by the minority ʿAlawite community that dominated the army, and pro-Nasser pan-Arabists.
Punjabis account for more than half the population, dominate the army and bureaucracy and, say non-Punjabis, exploit the wealth of other provinces.Pakistan's unsettled state encourages caricature.
Yes, he dominated the army, but every other party and sect had its own share of positions that were sold to the highest bidder.
An end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict would surely threaten Jordan's informal division of power: East Bankers dominate the army, the security services and most civil-service posts, while Palestinians are disproportionately represented in business.
Myanmar's majority ethnic group, the Burman, have dominated the army and held the highest posts in government since the country, formerly known as Burma, won independence from Britain in 1948, while the non-Burman minorities have sought autonomy.
Or, even more disconcerting: Did the men behind the coup, a group of arch-royalist officers who set out to dominate the army a decade ago, bother to clear their actions with the crown prince, Maha Vajiralongkorn?
With Persian-speaking Tajiks and Hazaras from the north dominating the army's ranks, the risk is that ANA soldiers operating in Pushtun areas like Marja will seem as almost as foreign as NATO forces.One way around this would be for Afghanistan to reintroduce conscription, as Hamid Karzai suggested this month at a conference in Munich.
Then, time after time, the best organised of the militant minorities takes over - and then, in 18th Century France or 21st Century Egypt, there is a contest to see if the militant minority can dominate the army or if the army will destroy the militant minority.
