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Gérard Kango Ouédraogo

1925 - 2014

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Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ kɑ̃ɡo wedʁaɔɡo]; September 19, 1925 – July 1, 2014) was a Burkinabé statesman and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974. He was subsequently President of the National Assembly of Upper Volta from October 1978 to November 25, 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Kango Ouédraogo is the 14,342nd most popular politician (up from 16,156th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (up from 19th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Burkinabe Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo ranks 14,342 out of 19,576Before him are Barbu Știrbey, Khosrow IV, Zahra Rahnavard, Ceol of Wessex, Bisher Al-Khasawneh, and Omer Beriziky. After him are Jiří Paroubek, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Prosper Poullet, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Juan Trippe, and Octa of Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo ranks 320Before him are Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Theodore Levitt, Attilâ İlhan, Duane Hanson, Eugene Garfield, and John Shepherd-Barron. After him are Tankred Dorst, Francisco Rodrigues, Laura Ashley, Yury Trifonov, Carlo Di Palma, and Marlen Khutsiev. Among people deceased in 2014, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo ranks 304Before him are Marian Seldes, Carmelo Bossi, Régine Deforges, Jimmy T. Murakami, James Shigeta, and Gordon Willis. After him are Dave Legeno, William Guarnere, Helen Johns, Urs Widmer, Zbigniew Messner, and Leonid Stadnyk.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo ranks 12 out of 49Before him are Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Michel Kafando (1942), Yacouba Sawadogo (1946), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), and Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965). After him are Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Gaston Kaboré (1951), Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (1981), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), and Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965).

Among POLITICIANS In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo ranks 8Before him are Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Michel Kafando (1942), Saye Zerbo (1932), and Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942). After him are Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958), Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956), and Tertius Zongo (1957).