Yacouba Isaac Zida
| Yacouba Isaac Zida | |
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| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
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In office 23 September 2015 – 29 December 2015 |
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| President | Michel Kafando (Transitional) |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | Paul Kaba Thieba |
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In office 19 November 2014 – 17 September 2015 |
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| President | Michel Kafando (Transitional) |
| Preceded by | Luc-Adolphe Tiao |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
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Head of State of Burkina Faso Transitional |
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In office 1 November 2014 – 18 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Blaise Compaoré (as President) |
| Succeeded by | Michel Kafando (as Transitional President) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 (age 51–52) Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Religion | Evangelicalism |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Burkina Faso
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| Rank | General |
| Unit | Regiment of Presidential Security (until 2015) |
| *Kafando was briefly deposed from 17 September 2015 – 23 September 2015 by Gilbert Diendéré. | |
Yacouba Isaac Zida is a Burkinabé military officer who briefly served as Burkina Faso's acting head of state in November 2014. He took power in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, sidelining a more senior officer, Honoré Nabéré Traoré. A few weeks later, a civilian, Michel Kafando, was chosen to replace Zida as transitional head of state; Kafando then appointed Zida as Prime Minister on 19 November 2014.
Zida was briefly removed from office by the Regiment of Presidential Security in a September 2015 coup, but he was restored as Prime Minister within a week.
Zida obtained a master's degree in International Management from the University of Lyon. He also received military training from the American army. Under President Blaise Compaoré, he served as deputy commander of the Regiment of Presidential Security. He was a UN peacekeeper in Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2008 to 2009.
Amidst the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, President Compaoré resigned on 31 October 2014 and army chief Honoré Nabéré Traoré announced that he was taking over as head of state, but his claim to power was immediately contested by a group of junior officers headed by Zida, who aligned himself with the protesters. On 1 November 2014, the armed forces unanimously backed Zida to lead the country in an interim capacity towards the 2015 presidential election.
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