| Name | Blaise Compaore |  |
| Surname | Compaore | |
| First Names | Blaise | |
| Alternate Name | ||
| Title | Captain | |
| Country of Birth | Burkina Faso |
| Positions | |||
| From | To | Organisation | Position |
| 2007 | WAEMU - Conference of the Heads of State & Government | President of the Conference | |
| 2007 | ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States & Government | President of Burkina Faso/Chairperson | |
| 2006 | National Council for the Fight Against HIV/AIDS & STDs | President | |
| 1987 | Presidency | President | |
| 1987 | WAEMU - Conference of the Heads of State & Government | Conference Delegate Burkina-Faso | |
| 1987 | 1987 | General Secretariat - Government & Council of Ministers | President of the Council of Ministers |
| 1983 | 1987 | Ministry of Justice | Minister of State in Charge of Justice |
| 1975 | 1976 | Ecole d'Application de l'Infanterie | Cadet |
| 1973 | 1975 | Ecole militaire Inter-armes du Cameroun | Cadet |
| 1965 | 1972 | Secondary School Ziniare | Student |
| 1958 | 1965 | Public Primary School of Guiloungou | Student |
| Date of Birth | 3 Feb 1951 |
| Political Affiliation | CDP |
| Telephone | (226) |
| Address | |
| Notes | Blaise Compaore & The Death of Thomas Sankara ----------------------------------------------------------- Compaore became president of his country on October 15, 1987 in a bloody coup that killed Sankara, his predecessor as president. Compaoré described the killing of Sankara as an "accident", however this claim is widely disputed. Soon after he became President he also eliminated two major revolutionary leaders, Henri Zongo and Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani, accused of plotting against the regime. The accession of Compaoré to the Presidency of the Faso gave the country a political stability it had previously lacked. Blaise Campaore's liability in connection with the assassination of former President has been the object of the first complaint Against Burkina Faso, lodged by Mariam Sankara, Thomas Sankara's widow. In April 2006, the UN Human Rights Committee issued a damning condemnation of Burkina Faso's failure to investigate the circumstance of Thomas Sankara's death (and prosecute those responsible for Sankara's death). [ Retrieved on 01 APR 2008 - http://saharanvibe.blogspot.com/2007/07/blaise-;compaore-burkina.html ] Military Training Experience: --------------------------------- 1977: Training in France for Airborne Troops 1978: Parachutist Instructor Training in Morocco where he met Thomas Sankara (assassinated in October 15, 1987) 1982: Parachutist (Military) Officer Training in Pau (France) --------------------------------- Military Promotion: --------------------------------- 1975: Second Lieutenant 1977: Lieutenant 1978: Appointment to the 'Compagnie d'Intervention aéroportée de Bobo-Dioulasso' (Airborne Company of Intervention) 1980: Aide-de-camp (military assistant) of the High Commander of Army 1981: Commander of National Training Centre for Commando (CNEC)in Po (Burkina Faso) Member of the Voltaic Army Forces Council 1982: Captain of Army Political Career: ------------------- May 1983: Blaise escaped narrowly a coup of the regime of 'Conseil de Salut du Peuple (CSP II)'. He organised a resistance in Po to free his peers. 4 August 1983: Compaore & Thomas Sankara took Ouagadougou and install the Revolution National Council ('Conseil National de la Révolution (CNR)'). Blaise Compaore Presidency --------------------------------- Compaoré was elected president in 1991. In 1998 he was re-elected for the first time for a 7-year mandate. He will be re-elected in November 2005 for a 5-year mandate. [ Retrieved on 01 APR 2008 - http://www.presidence.bf/page.php?sid=8 ] |
| Record last updated on 01 APR 2008 |