Youssouf Ouédraogo
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| Special Adviser to the President of African Development Bank | |
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Assumed office September 2007 |
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| President | Donald Kaberuka |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office January 1999 – June 2007 |
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| President | Blaise Compaoré |
| Prime Minister | Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo then Paramanga Ernest Yonli |
| Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Belgium, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands and European Union | |
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In office March 1994 – January 1999 |
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| President | Blaise Compaoré |
| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
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In office 16 June 1992 – 22 March 1994 |
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| President | Blaise Compaoré |
| Preceded by | First in charge |
| Succeeded by | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré |
| President of Social and Economic Council | |
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In office April 1989 – May 1992 |
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| Minister of Planning and Cooperation | |
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In office October 1987 – April 1989 |
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| President | Blaise Compaoré |
| Prime Minister | Unoccupied position |
| Minister of Planning and Popular Development | |
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In office August 1984 – October 1987 |
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| President | Thomas Sankara |
| Prime Minister | Unoccupied position |
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| Born | 25 December 1949 |
Youssouf Ouédraogo (born December 25, 1949) is a Burkinabe politician. In 1992 he became the first Prime Minister of Burkina Faso since 1983, serving from June 16, 1992 to March 22, 1994. Ouédraogo, a member of the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), later served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from January 1999 to June 2007.
Ouédraogo was born in Tikaré, in Bam Province. Under Thomas Sankara, Ouédraogo was appointed to the government as Minister of Planning and Popular Development on August 31, 1984, remaining in that position for three years. Shortly after Sankara was assassinated in October 1987, Ouédraogo became Minister for the Plan and Cooperation under Blaise Compaoré. He left that position on April 25, 1989 and became President of the Economic and Social Council, in which position he served until he was elected to the National Assembly as a deputy from Bam in the May 1992 parliamentary election. He was appointed as Prime Minister by Compaoré on June 16, 1992.
The CFA franc was devaluated in January 1994, and this was followed by controversy. Ouédraogo signed an agreement with trade unions to raise salaries on March 12, 1994, but the agreement fell through and Ouédraogo resigned a few days later. He then served as Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and the European Union before being appointed as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in January 1999.
Ouédraogo was elected to the National Assembly again in the 2007 parliamentary election as a candidate of the CDP from Bam Province. In the government of Prime Minister Tertius Zongo, which was appointed on June 10, 2007, he was replaced as Foreign Minister by Djibrill Bassolé. He subsequently became Special Adviser to the President of the African Development Bank.
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