Beshootsu Pyvupi

Beshootsu Pyvupi
Pyvupi giving a speech at the World Assembly
1st Prime Minister
In office August 12, 1993 – June 11, 2003
Succeeded by	Peket Ahmadi
1st Leader of the Shooda-Tsiba Party
In office August 12, 1993 – June 11, 2003
Succeeded by	Peket Ahmadi
Personal details
Born	(1963-10-20)October 20, 1963 Bucha-Duchavo’a, Chavotsy
Died	June 11, 2003(2003-06-11) (aged 39) Chavotsy, Chavotsy
Cause of death	Complications of Gunshot Wound
Resting place	Jishutsy, Duchavo
Political party	Shooda-Tsiba
Spouse(s)	Dukoo Chootsoo (m. 1981; d. 1982) Alexander ga To’etsy (m. 1985; d. 1989)
Domestic partner	Bena'ivoo Piba'i (1995-2003)
Children	Charlotte To'etsy-Pyvupi (1985-2015)
Mother	Bevoo Pyvupi
Relatives	Tsupe Pyvupi
Military service
Allegiance	Shooda-Tsiba Patseda
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1993-2003
Rank	General

Beshootsu Pyvupi was the first Prime Minister of Tsiba and the founder of the Shooda-Tsiba party. She was the daughter of Bevoo Pyvupi, a Tsiba Independence Leader and the sister of Tsupe Pyvupi, the current leader of the Alliance for the People of Tsiba. She became involved in the counter-Jutsytoo movement in her teens through her mother. As the leader of the Shooda-Tsiba Patseda she gained control of Tsiba in 1993 following the Bacada Genocide. After the overthrow of Muhammed Jutsytoo she took control of the country and founded the Shooda-Tsiba party. She served as Prime Minister of Tsiba from 1993 to her death in 2003, when she was assassinated during a visit to Chavotsy.

Early Life and Work

Pyvupi was born in 1963 in Bucha-Duchavo'a (then know as Buckadutch) in the last years of the Tsiba War of Independence. Her mother, Bevoo Pyvupi, was an important Tsiba Independence Leader. Pyvupi never publically stated who her father was. Her younger brother, Tsupe, was born in 1965

When Pyvupi was an infant when Muhammed Jutsytoo was elected President of Tsiba. Her mother was vocal in her socialist beliefs and in her criticism of Jutsytoo's government, which increasingly put the family at risk as the government began cracking down on dissenters. In 1971, Bevoo Pyvupi's newspaper, She Shoo Ibo’ugu, was banned, and a warrant was put out for her arrest. Pyvupi and her brother were pulled out of school, and the family went into hiding in Ahitutha.

Pyvupi became interested in her mother's work as a young teenager. She began writing for She Shoo Ibo'ugu, which continued to be printed and distributed underground, when she was fifteen. As she got older, Pyvupi began to believe that violence was necessary to meet her and her mother's goals, increasingly distancing the two.

Pyvupi's brother joined the Islamic Defenders of Tsiba in 1984.

Bacada Genocide and Yavotera-Tsiba War

In January of 1993 Jutsytoo's government announced a campaign to murder all Bacada living in Tsiba. Between January and May an estimated two and a half million people were killed.

Pyvupi, living in exile in Ahitutha, organized an Ahitutha-sponsored military known as the Shooda-Tsiba Patseda (STP). Throughout May and June of 1993 the STP advanced from the border with Ahitutha through Tsiba, securing the then-capital of Shuputsy on June 11. Pyvupi then declared herself Prime Minister of the country. Jutsytoo and his allies fled to refugee camps in Yavotera.

Raids on Bacada living in Yavotera occurred throughout 1994 and 1995 as Yavotera's president Luke Bochi protected Justytoo's allies from extradition to Tsiba. In 1996, the STP and the Ahituthan military invaded Yavotera, obstensibly to return Tsiba criminals to the country to face trial. During the conflict, which would come to be called the Yavotera-Tsiba War, President Bochi was killed and Tsiba gained control of the country. Pyvupi installed Lepameda Meshamasha as President of Yavotera in 1997.

Political Career

As Prime Minister, Pyvupi worked to further develop the social welfare and healthcare systems developed during the Jutsytoo era. She also implemented extensive reforms to education, requiring all students to attend school until the age of sixteen, requiring schools to only teach secular curriculums, and requiring classes to be taught in both Farsi and Tsidi. As Prime Minister, Pyvupi liberalized divorce laws and decriminalized homosexuality, among other social reforms.

After the Jishutsy Trials, the majority of the leaders of Jutsytoo's government were executed for crimes relating to the Bacada Genocide. However, Pyvupi pardoned her brother Tsupe.

Death

On June 11, 2003, Pyvupi was on a state visit to Chavotsy when a gunman hoping to bring her brother, Tsupe, into power shot her in the chest. Pyvupi was rushed to Chavotsy State Hospital but died that night of complications from the gunshot wound.

Ja-Prime Minister Peket Ahmadi assumed Pyvupi's roles as Prime Minister of Tsiba and the Leader of the Shooda-Tsiba party. The country observed a two week period of national mourning following Pyvupi's death.

Personal Life

Beshootsu Pyvupi received an honorary degree from Behhapa University in 1997 for her work as Prime Minister. She identified as a non-religious throughout her life.

Pyvupi met her first husband, Dukoo Chootsoo, in 1980. She and Chootsoo married in 1981 but three months later, in 1982. She married her second husband, Alexander ga To’etsy, in 1985. The couple had one daughter, Charlotte To'etsy-Pyvupi, born in 1985. To'etsy and Pyvupi divorced in 1989

After Pyvupi's death, it came out that, starting in 1995, Pyvupi had been living with her partner, Bena'ivoo Piba'i. While Pyvupi never publically discussed her sexuality, it is widely believed that she was a closeted lesbian.

Pyvupi's daughter, Charlotte, was a theology professor at the University of Duchavo. She died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2015.