Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
| Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | |
|---|---|
| President of Burkina Faso | |
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Assumed office 29 December 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Paul Kaba Thieba |
| Preceded by | Michel Kafando (Transitional) |
| 2nd Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
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In office 22 March 1994 – 6 February 1996 |
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| President | Blaise Compaoré |
| Preceded by | Youssouf Ouédraogo |
| Succeeded by | Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 April 1957 Ouagadougou, French Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) |
| Political party |
Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (Before 1996) Congress for Democracy and Progress (1996-2014) People's Movement for Progress (2014–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Burgundy |
| Website | [Official Website] |
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé politician and the current President of Burkina Faso, entering office in 2015. Previously he served as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2002 to 2012. He also served as President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP). In January 2014, he left the ruling CDP and founded a new opposition party, the People's Movement for Progress.
He was elected as President of Burkina Faso in the November 2015 general election, winning a majority in the first round of voting. Upon taking office, he became the first non-interim president in 49 years without any past ties to the military.
Kaboré was born in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. He attended school from 1962 to 1968, when he received his CPS (Certificate of Primary School). On completing this basic education certificate, he attended the Collège Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, a selective school in Ouagadougou. He studied there from 1968 to 1975, passing his BEPC or General Certificate ('O' Level) in 1972 and his baccalauréat ('A' level) in 1975. He went on to study economics at the University of Dijon, majoring in business administration. There, he completed his BA in 1979 and his Master's in 1980.
Kaboré, like his father, Charles Bila Kaboré (who was a government minister under President Maurice Yaméogo), worked as a banker for the International Bank of Burkina (BIB). He was eventually promoted to head Burkina Faso's largest bank during the presidency of Thomas Sankara. In 1984, aged 27, he was named the General Director of the BIB; he remained in that post until September 1989, when he was appointed to the government.
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