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    This is a list of prime ministers of Burkina Faso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present...
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    Politics of Burkina Faso takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is the head of government...
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    Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and President of the National...
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    list of heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of seven...
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    of Burkina Faso includes the history of various kingdoms within the country, such as the Mossi kingdoms, as well as the later French colonisation of the...
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    Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    writer and statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso since 2022. Kyélem de Tambèla was born in Burkina Faso in 1955.[citation needed] After...
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  • President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his assassination in 1987. He is viewed by supporters as a charismatic and iconic figure of the revolution...
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  • Events in the year 2024 in Burkina Faso. President: Ibrahim Traoré Prime Minister: Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla President of the Patriotic Movement...
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    Yacouba Isaac Zida (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    officer who briefly served as Burkina Faso's interim head of state in November 2014. He took power in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, sidelining...
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  • of current prime ministers of the world's sovereign states by the date they took office, from the earliest to the latest. "Denmark's youngest prime minister...
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    Youssouf Ouédraogo (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    he became the first Prime Minister of Burkina Faso since 1983, serving from 16 June 1992 to 22 March 1994. Ouédraogo, a member of the ruling Congress...
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  • Cabinet of Burkina Faso is the most senior level of the executive branch of the Government of Burkina Faso. It is made up of the prime minister and department...
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    Paul Kaba Thieba (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    Burkinabé economist and politician who was appointed and served as Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 6 January 2016 to 19 January 2019. Thieba was appointed...
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    A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence in the Burkinabé capital Ouagadougou...
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    Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    served as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 24 January 2019 to 9 December 2021. He was appointed to the position of Prime Minister by President Roch...
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    Albert Ouédraogo (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    Burkinabé economist who served as prime minister of Burkina Faso in the aftermath of the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, from 3 March until another...
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    parties in Burkina Faso Government of Burkina Faso Head of state: President of Burkina Faso Head of government: Prime Minister of Burkina Faso National...
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    Burkina Faso Armed Forces (French: Forces armées du Burkina Faso) is the term used for the national military of Burkina Faso. The service branches of...
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    native to modern Burkina Faso, primarily the Volta River basin. The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, constituting 52% of the population...
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    Sangoulé Lamizana (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    President of Upper Volta (since 1984 renamed Burkina Faso), in power from 3 January 1966, to 25 November 1980. He held the additional position of Prime Minister...
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  • Democrats of Burkina party and 2005 Burkina Faso presidential candidate Youssouf Ouédraogo (born 1952), first Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, serving from...
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    Lassina Zerbo (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    scientist who served as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 2021 to 2022. Prior to that he was the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban...
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    Michel Kafando (category Foreign ministers of Burkina Faso)
    served as the transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2015. He served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and...
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    Paramanga Ernest Yonli (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    politician. He was Prime Minister from 6 November 2000 to 3 June 2007 and then President of the Economic and Social Council of Burkina Faso until March 2015...
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  • alphabetically) related to Burkina Faso include: Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1998 African Cup of Nations 2022 Burkinabé...
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    the 2019 resignation of former Prime Minister Paul Thieba. Overall, terrorism has had a significant impact in Burkina Faso, displacing more than 100,000...
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    Luc-Adolphe Tiao (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    June 1954) is a Burkinabé politician and journalist who was Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 2011 to 2014. Born at Tenkodogo, Tiao attended a seminary...
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    in the heart of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The number of fatalities reached 30, while at least 56 were wounded; a total of 176 hostages...
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    Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo (category Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso)
    statesman. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from 1996 to 2000 and Chairman of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
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  • Christian Kaboré Prime Minister: Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic and terrorism in Burkina Faso January 7 – Prime Minister Christophe...
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