Henri Guissou (17 November 1910, Koudougou, French Upper Volta – 22 May 1979, Koudougou) was a Burkinabé politician and diplomat.

Henri Guissou was senator from Côte d'Ivoire from 1947 to 1948, and member for French Upper Volta to the National *embly of France from 1949 to 1959, Guissou also served in the French Senate from 1947 to 1948. From 1948 to 1952 he was member for Koudougou of the Territorial *embly of French Upper Volta. A political leader of the Voltaic Union, he founded the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African M*es (PSEMA) with Joseph Conombo in 1955, which joined the Unified Democratic Party (PDU) in the following year. He became a diplomat for the new Republic of Upper Volta: after briefly representing Upper Volta at the United Nations from February to May 1961, he was Amb*ador to France from 1961 to 1964, Amb*ador to West Germany from 1966 to 1976, and Amb*ador to France from 1966 until his retirement in 1976.

References

• 2nd page on the French National *embly website
• page on the French Senate website