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Encyclopedia > Maurice Yameogo

Maurice Yaméogo (Koudougou 1921- Ouagadougou, 1993) was the first president of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso).


He studied in the Small Seminar of Pabré to became a Catholic priest, but lost his sacerdotal vocation when he met Félicité Zagré who later became his wife.


He was president from 1960 until 1966, for the Voltaic Democratic Union, and was a member of the government whilst it was still a French colony. He was forced to resign after a general strike on January 3, 1966, giving power to General Sangoulé Lamizana upon the demonstrators' demand.

Preceded by:
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President of Upper Volta Succeeded by:
Sangoulé Lamizana

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Maurice Yaméogo: Information from Answers.com (1308 words)
Maurice Nawalagmba Yameogo was born on December 31 1921 in an animist family of farmers at Koudougou.
Maurice Yameogo was a close friend of Felix Houphouet-Boigny (President) who inspired him all his life long.
On December 27 1965, Maurice Yameogo was in Ivory Coast to negotiate the project of double nationality.
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