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Encyclopedia > Jean Baptiste Ouedraogo

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo - President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 08 November 1982 to 04 August 1983


A medical doctor, he currently operates a medical facility (Notre-Dame de la Paix) on the outskirts of Ouagadougou .

Preceded by:
Saye Zerbo		 President of Upper Volta Succeeded by:
Thomas Sankara

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AllRefer.com - Burkina Faso : History : Independence to the Present (Burkina Faso Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (654 words)
In 1970 a new constitution was approved in a national referendum; Lamizana was to remain in power until 1975, when he would be replaced by an elected president.
A new constitution was promulgated in 1977, and multiparty presidential and legislative elections were held in 1978; Lamizana was returned to office, but in 1980 he was overthrown in a military coup by Col. Saye Zerbo.
OuEdraogo's regime proved to be short-lived as well; he was ousted by Capt. Thomas Sankara in 1983 in a bloody coup.
Burkina Faso (663 words)
In 1982 Zerbo was ousted, and Maj Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo emerged as leader of a military regime, with Capt Thomas Sankara as prime minister.
In February 1996, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo was appointed prime minister by President Compaoré, who was himself re-elected in November 1998.
Ouedraogo resigned in November 2000 and was replaced by Paramanga Ernest Yonli, the minister for modernization.
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