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Michel Kafando

1942 - Today

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Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé diplomat and politician, who served as Interim President of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2015. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and as Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the United Nations from 1998 to 2011. Following the resignation of President Blaise Compaoré amidst the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, Kafando was chosen by the interim military administration until the next elections. Kafando was briefly ousted in the September 2015 coup attempt by the Regiment of Presidential Security, but he ultimately restored power within a week and disbanded the regiment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Kafando is the 8,442nd most popular politician (down from 6,353rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (down from 4th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Burkinabe Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Kafando ranks 8,442 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Ming of Jin, J. B. Pritzker, Chogo of Baekje, Otto III, Duke of Carinthia, Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, and Zhong Ren. After him are Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Alghu, Marcus Minucius Rufus, Andranik Margaryan, Pons, Count of Tripoli, and Diodotus II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Michel Kafando ranks 203. Before him are Nguyễn Minh Triết, Pierre Clémenti, Valeriy Brumel, Zhou Yongkang, Toyohiro Akiyama, and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. After him are Aritatsu Ogi, Chris Sarandon, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Brandon deWilde, Ludmila Savelyeva, and Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando ranks 7 out of 49. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), Ibrahim Traoré (1988), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), and Maurice Yaméogo (1921). After him are Yacouba Sawadogo (1946), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965), Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925), and Gilbert Diendéré (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), and Maurice Yaméogo (1921). After him are Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), and Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958).

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