1. Salif Diallo (1957)

Burkinabé Politician

Salif Diallo is a Burkinabé politician who served as a minister in the government of Burkina Faso during the 1990s and 2000s. He became Burkina Faso's Ambassador to Austria in...

2. Céline Yoda (1958)

Burkinabé Politician

Céline Yoda is a Burkinabé politician; she currently serves as the Minister for the Promotion of Women in which capacity she has served since June 10 2007. Yoda received her...

3. Seydou Bouda (1958)

Burkinabé Politician

Seydou Bouda is a Burkinabé politician who has been Burkina Faso's Ambassador to the United States since 2011. Previously he served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of...

4. Hermann Yaméogo (1948)

Burkinabé Politician

Hermann Yaméogo is a Burkinabé politician and leader of the National Union for Democracy and Development. Although he decided to boycott the 13 November 2005 presidential elections a month prior...

5. Nouhoun Sigue (1911)

Burkinabé Politician

Dr. Sigué Nouhoun or Nouhoun Sigué was a veterinarian and politician from Burkina Faso who served in the French Senate from 1948-1952.

6. Christophe Kalenzaga (Unknow)

Burkinabé Politician

Christophe Kalenzaga was a politician from Burkina Faso who was elected to the French Senate in 1948.

7. Frédéric Guirma (1931)

Burkinabé Politician

édéric Fernand Guirma is a diplomat writer and politician from Burkina Faso. In 1959 he became the president of the trade union centre CATC. From 1960 to 1963 he was...

8. Abdoulkader Cissé (1955)

Burkinabé Politician

Abdoulaye Abdoulkader Cissé is a Burkinabé politician who served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Mines Quarries and Energy from 2000 to 2011.

9. Blaise Bassoleth (1920)

Burkinabé Politician

Blaise Bassoleth is a politician from Burkina Faso who was elected to the French Senate in 1958.

10. Ali Barraud (1918)

Burkinabé Politician

Ali Barraud N'Goni was a Burkinabé politician who served as Minister of Public Health and Population for Upper Volta.

11. Ali Lankoandé (1930)

Burkinabé Politician

Ali Lankoandé is a Burkinabé politician. He was President of the Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party from 2005 to 2008. Lankoandé headed the National Social Security Fund and served...

12. Joseph Conombo (1917)

Burkinabé Politician

Joseph Issoufou Conombo served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta from 7 July 1978 to 25 November 1980. Born in the department of Kombissiri he attended medical school in Dakar...

13. François Compaoré (1954)

Burkinabé Politician

çois Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician. He has been Economic Adviser to the President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré since 1989; he is President Compaoré's younger brother. At the Fifth...

14. Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré (1948)

Burkinabé Politician

Emmanuel Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré is a Burkinabé politician and leader of the Movement for Tolerance and Progress party.

15. Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo (1968)

Burkinabé Politician

Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo is a Burkinabé politician who has been President of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation–African Democratic Rally a political party in Burkina Faso since 2003. He served...

16. Ablassé Ouedraogo (1953)

Burkinabé Politician

Ablassé Ouedraogo is a politician and economist from Burkina Faso. Ouedraogo was educated at the University of Nice in France where he received a doctorate degree in Economics. Ouedraogo worked...

17. Blaise Compaoré (1951)

Burkinabé Politician

Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician who has been the President of Burkina Faso since 1987. He was a top associate of President Thomas Sankara during the 1980s and in...

18. Alain Bédouma Yoda (1951)

Burkinabé Politician

Alain Bédouma Yoda is a Burkinabé politician. He served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Transport and Tourism from 1997 to 2000 Minister of Trade from 2000...

19. Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly (1909)

Burkinabé Politician

Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly was the president of the governing council of the French colony of Upper Volta today's Burkina Faso from 17 May 1957 until his death on 7 September...

20. Bognessan Arsène Yé (1957)

Burkinabé Politician

Bognessan Arsène Yé is a Burkinabé politician who has served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of State for Relations with Parliament and Political Reform since April 2011....

21. Alain Zoubga (Unknow)

Burkinabé Politician

Alain Dominique Zoubga is a Burkinabe politician and medical doctor who has served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Social Action since 2013. Previously he was appointed...

22. Moumouni Fabré (1953)

Burkinabé Politician

Moumouni Fabré is a Burkinabé politician who has served as the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to South Africa since 2008. He was Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization from 2002...

23. Toubé Clément Dakio (Unknow)

Burkinabé Politician

Toubé Clément Dakio is a Burkinabé politician and President of the Union for Democracy and Development party a minor political party in Burkina Faso. Dakio founded the UDD in November...

24. Kanidoua Naboho (Unknow)

Burkinabé Politician

Kanidoua Naboho is a Burkinabé politician currently serving as the First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso. He was previously a minister in the government during the late...

25. Ram Ouédraogo (1950)

Burkinabé Politician

Ram Ouédraogo is a Burkinabé politician and leader of the Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina party. Ouédraogo was born in Agboville Côte d'Ivoire to Burkinabé parents from Passoré Province....

26. Mélégué Maurice Traoré (1951)

Burkinabé Politician

Mélégué Maurice Traoré is a Burkinabé politician. He was Minister of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research from 1992 to 1997 then President of the National Assembly of Burkina...

27. Soungalo Ouattara (1956)

Burkinabé Politician

Soungalo Apollinaire Ouattara is a Burkinabé politician who has been President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso since 2012. Previously he served in the government as Minister of the...

28. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942)

Burkinabé Politician

Major Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo was President of Upper Volta from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983 when he was overthrown in a coup d'état which brought Thomas Sankara into...

29. Hama Amirou Ly (1946)

Burkinabé Politician

Hama Amirou Ly is a Burkinabé politician and the Mayor of Sebba. He is a member of the Party for Democracy and Socialism.

30. Hama Arba Diallo (1939)

Burkinabé Politician

Hama Arba Diallo is a Burkinabé politician diplomat and civil servant. He is running for President of Burkina Faso in 2010.

31. Sékou Ba (1955)

Burkinabé Politician

Sékou Ba is a Burkinabé politician currently serving in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Animal Resources. He is a member of the Congress for Democracy and Progress....

32. Mahama Sawadogo (Unknow)

Burkinabé Politician

Mahama Sawadogo is a Burkinabé politician currently serving as President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress Parliamentary Group in the National Assembly of Burkina Faso. Sawadogo was High Commissioner...

33. Simon Compaoré (1952)

Burkinabé Politician

Simon Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician who served as Mayor of Ouagadougou the capital of Burkina Faso from 1995 to 2012. He was also a prominent member of the Congress...

34. Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925)

Burkinabé Politician

Gérard Kango Ouédraogo served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta from 13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974. He was subsequently President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from...

35. Boureima Badini (1956)

Burkinabé Politician

Boureima Badini is a Burkinabé politician. He served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Justice from 1999 to 2007. Badini was born in Ouahigouya located in Yatengaa...

36. Mamadou Ouédraogo (Unknow)

Burkinabé Politician

Mamadou Ouédraogo was a politician in the French Upper Volta. One of the early leaders of the Voltaic Union Ouédraogo represented Ouahigouyain in the Territorial Assembly from 1946 to 1952....

37. Zinda Kaboré (1920)

Burkinabé Politician

Kaboré Bebzinda better known as Philippe Zinda Kaboré was a politician of Voltaic origin.

38. Henri Guissou (1910)

Burkinabé Politician

Henri Guissou 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 Assembly of...

39. Thomas Sanon (1947)

Burkinabé Politician

Thomas Sanon is a Burkinabé politician and former diplomat who has been President of the Economic and Social Council of Burkina Faso since 2003. Under President Blaise Compaoré Sanon previously...

40. Philippe Ouédraogo (politician) (1942)

Burkinabé Politician

Philippe Ouédraogo is a Burkinabé politician and the leader of the African Independence Party. Ouédraogo was Minister of Equipment and Telecommunication in the first government of Thomas Sankara from 1983...

41. Yéro Boly (1954)

Burkinabé Politician

Yéro Boly is a Burkinabé politician. First appointed to the government of Burkina Faso in 1995 he has been Minister of Defense since 2004. Boly was born in Komki-Ipala located...

42. Djibril Bassolé (1957)

Burkinabé Politician

Djibril Yipènè Bassolé is a Burkinabé political figure and diplomat. He served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Security from November 2000 to June 2007 and as...

43. Laurent Sedego (1956)

Burkinabé Politician

Laurent Gouindé Sedego is a politician and former military officer from Burkina Faso currently serving as Minister of Agriculture Water and Fisheries Resources. Sedego was born in Arbinda. He served...

44. Nazi Boni (1909)

Burkinabé Politician

National Socialist German Workers' Party Boni was a politician from Upper Volta. In 1951 Boni was elected to the French National Assembly on behalf of the Voltaic Union. In 1955...