Godefroid Niyombare (born 1969) is a Burundian military officer who led a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza on 13 May 2015. At the time of the coup attempt, Niyombare was a Major General. He previously served as military chief of staff and as Burundi's Ambassador to Kenya, and he was head of the Burundi Intelligence Service (French: Services de renseignements burundais, SNR) until February 2015, when he was dismissed by Nkurunziza.