Michel Kafando

Michel Kafando
President of Burkina Faso
Transitional
In office
23 October 2015 – 29 December 2015
Prime MinisterYacouba Isaac Zida
Preceded byGilbert Diendéré (as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy)
Chérif Sy (Acting)
Succeeded byRoch Marc Christian Kaboré
In office
18 November 2014 – 17 September 2015
Prime MinisterYacouba Isaac Zida
Preceded byYacouba Isaac Zida
Succeeded byGilbert Diendéré (as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy)
Chérif Sy (Acting)
Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United Nations
In office
15 April 1998 – 5 July 2011
PresidentBlaise Compaoré
Preceded byGaëtan Rimwanguiya Ouédraogo
Succeeded byDer Kogda
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
30 September 1982 – 4 August 1983
PresidentSaye Zerbo
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
Preceded byFélix Tientarboum
Succeeded byHama Arba Diallo
Personal details
Born (1942-08-18) 18 August 1942 (age 84)
Ouagadougou, Upper Volta
(now Burkina Faso)
Spouse(s)Marie Kafando
Alma materUniversity of Bordeaux
Sciences Po
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Paris-Sorbonne University
Michel Kafando (2015)


Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé politician. He was transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2015. He worked in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and was the Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of Burkina Faso to the United Nations from 1998 to 2011.

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