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Gilbert Diendéré

1960 - Today

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Gilbert Diendéré (French pronunciation: [ʒil.bɛʁ djɛn.de.ʁe]; born c. 1960) is a Burkinabé military officer and the Chairman of the National Council for Democracy, the military junta that briefly seized power in Burkina Faso in the September 2015 coup d'état. He was a long-time aide to President Blaise Compaoré, serving as commander of the Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP) during Compaoré's rule. He was appointed as chairman of the junta on 17 September 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Diendéré is the 14,792nd most popular politician (up from 15,825th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (up from 18th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Burkinabe Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gilbert Diendéré ranks 14,792 out of 19,576. Before him are Boris Ponomarev, Robert C. O'Brien, Miguel Abadía Méndez, Zakir Hasanov, R. B. Bennett, and Liberius. After him are Kurt Furgler, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Theodore I Calliopas, Günther Beckstein, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, and Portia Simpson-Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Gilbert Diendéré ranks 269. Before him are José Eduardo Agualusa, David L. Rabinowitz, Željko Šturanović, Viktor Lazlo, Simon Gallup, and Dominique Wilkins. After him are Glenn Strömberg, Shinji Tanaka, Dominic Miller, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Will Wright.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Gilbert Diendéré ranks 13 out of 49. Before him are Michel Kafando (1942), Yacouba Sawadogo (1946), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965), and Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925). After him are Gaston Kaboré (1951), Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (1981), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), and Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Gilbert Diendéré ranks 9. Before him are Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Michel Kafando (1942), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), and Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925). After him are Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958), Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956), Tertius Zongo (1957), and Paul Kaba Thieba (1959).

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