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Saye Zerbo

1932 - 2013

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Saye Zerbo (27 August 1932 – 19 September 2013) was a Burkinabé military officer who was the third President of the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 25 November 1980 until 7 November 1982. He led a coup in 1980, but was resisted by trade unions and was overthrown by Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo and the Council of Popular Salvation (CSP). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Saye Zerbo is the 11,723rd most popular politician (down from 10,859th in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (down from 6th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Burkinabe Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saye Zerbo ranks 11,724 out of 19,576. Before him are Dragoljub Ojdanić, Elvira Nabiullina, León Febres Cordero, Jacques Lauriston, Yahya al-Mu'tasim, Milton George Henschel, and Giuseppe Saracco. After him are Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Alcetas, Abisare, Kirta, and Ur-Zababa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Saye Zerbo ranks 236. Before him are Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Oleg Protopopov, Dana Scott, Carlos Borges, Larry Evans, and Ivor Richard. After him are Atef Ebeid, Louis Rwagasore, Colville Young, Ray Cooney, Erró, and Majel Barrett. Among people deceased in 2013, Saye Zerbo ranks 195. Before him are Robert Ressler, Josip Kuže, Emile Griffith, John Tavener, Alain Mimoun, and Hiroshi Nakajima. After him are Anca Petrescu, Yusef Lateef, Richie Havens, Armando Trovajoli, Aleksandr Serebrov, and Jim Hall.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Saye Zerbo ranks 9 out of 49. Before him are Ibrahim Traoré (1988), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Michel Kafando (1942), and Yacouba Sawadogo (1946). After him are Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965), Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Gaston Kaboré (1951), and Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Saye Zerbo ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), and Michel Kafando (1942). After him are 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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