Michel Kafando
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President of Burkina Faso Transitional |
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In office 23 September 2015 – 29 December 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Yacouba Isaac Zida |
| Preceded by |
Gilbert Diendéré (as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy) Chérif Sy (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré |
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In office 18 November 2014 – 17 September 2015 |
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| 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 | |
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In office 15 April 1998 – 5 July 2011 |
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| President | Blaise Compaoré |
| Preceded by | Gaëtan Rimwanguiya Ouédraogo |
| Succeeded by | Der Kogda |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 30 September 1982 – 4 August 1983 |
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| Prime Minister |
Saye Zerbo Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo |
| Preceded by | Félix Tientarboum |
| Succeeded by | Hama Arba Diallo |
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| Born |
18 August 1942 Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) |
| 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 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.
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.
Kafando was born in Ouagadougou. He attained a bachelor's degree in public law from the University of Bordeaux in 1969, a diploma in political studies in 1972 in Paris and another diploma from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva also in 1972. He later gained a PhD in political science at the Sorbonne in 1990. He is married, and has one child.
Michel Kafando was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Upper Volta (as Burkina Faso was then known) from 1982 to 1983, becoming the only cabinet member to retain his portfolio after the November 1982 coup of Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo. He was also a Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1982. He headed many delegations to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and was Vice-President of the African Centre for Environmental Protection (an NGO).
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