Gilbert Diendéré (as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy) Chérif Sy (Acting)
Succeeded by
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
In office 18 November 2014 – 17 September 2015
Prime Minister
Yacouba Isaac Zida
Preceded by
Yacouba Isaac Zida
Succeeded by
Gilbert Diendéré (as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy) Chérif Sy (Acting)
Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United Nations
In office 15 April 1998 – 5 July 2011
President
Blaise Compaoré
Preceded by
Gaëtan Rimwanguiya Ouédraogo[1]
Succeeded by
Der Kogda
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 September 1982 – 4 August 1983[2]
President
Saye Zerbo Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
Preceded by
Félix Tientarboum
Succeeded by
Hama Arba Diallo
Personal details
Born
(1942-08-18) 18 August 1942 (age 81) Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)[2]
Spouse
Marie Kafando
Alma mater
University of Bordeaux Sciences Po Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Paris-Sorbonne University
Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé diplomat who served as the transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014[3] to 2015. He served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and was the Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of Burkina Faso to the United Nations from 1998 to 2011.[4]
Following the resignation of President Blaise Compaoré amidst mass protests on 31 October 2014, Kafando was chosen to serve as President during a year-long transitional period leading to the next election. He was sworn in on 18 November 2014.
Kafando was briefly ousted by the Regiment of Presidential Security in a September 2015 coup, but he was restored to power within a week.
^"Secretary-General Meets with Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso", unmultimedia.org
^ ab"Diplomatie : Michel Kafando quitte New York après une longue carrière ", lefaso.net
^"Michel Kafando, Président de la Transition", Burkina24, 17 November 2014.
^"New Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso presents credentials", United Nations press release, BIO/3152, 15 April 1998.
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the RSP staged another coup that took MichelKafando and his government hostage. The Army stepped in and Kafando was reinstated on 23 September. The Regiment...
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country's government. Among those detained were the transitional President MichelKafando, Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida (who was also the former deputy commander...
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resigned on 31 October 2014. A transitional government headed by President MichelKafando and Prime Minister Isaac Zida took power for a one-year mandate. Elections...
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