Burundi's president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye is scheduled to be sworn in on Thursday after the country's Constitutional Court last week ruled that he takes office after the death of sitting president Pierre Nkurunziza.

Presidential candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye of the Burundi's ruling party, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), casts his ballot at a polling centre during the Presidential, Legislative and Communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Gitega, Burundi May 20, 2020. /Reuters

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday in an invite to diplomats accredited to the East African country said a ceremony is scheduled for June 18 in the central province of Gitega.

Ndayishimiye, who was elected on May 20, was previously scheduled to take office on Aug. 20 when Nkurunziza's term ends.

Nkurunziza died on June 8, and the Constitutional Court ruled later that Ndayishimiye's swearing in be brought forward.

Ndayishimiye will serve a seven-year term in office and can renew the term once if elected.