Blaise Compaoré

male, 58 years old
Blaise Compaoré has been the president of Burkina Faso since 1987. He is the founder of the ruling political party, the Congress for Democracy and P...
Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

male, deceased (1987)
Captain Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was the leader of Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta) from 1983 to 1987. With a potent combination of p...
Tertius Zongo

Tertius Zongo

male, 52 years old
Tertius Zongo (born 18 May 1957) has been the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso since June 2007. Zongo was born in Koudougou. He has an extensive...
Norbert Zongo

Norbert Zongo

male, deceased (1998)
Norbert Zongo was the publisher and editor of the Burkina Faso newspaper "l'Indépendant". He was assassinated after his newspaper began i...
Idrissa Ouedraogo

Idrissa Ouedraogo

male, 55 years old
Idrissa Ouedraogo is a film director from Burkina Faso). He is best known for his films "Yaaba" and "Tilaï".
Moumouni Dagano

Moumouni Dagano

male, 28 years old
Beli Moumouni Dagano is a Burkinabé football player who is playing for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. He was a member of the Burkinabé 2004 African Nat...
Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Joseph Ki-Zerbo

male, deceased (2006)
Joseph Ki-Zerbo was a Burkinabè historian and politician. Born in Toma, he studied at the Sorbonne and "Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (...
Paramanga Ernest Yonli

Paramanga Ernest Yonli

male, 52 years old
Paramanga Ernest Yonli, also sometimes known as Ernest Paramanga Yonli (born December 31, 1956, Tansarga), was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso...
Michel Kafando

Michel Kafando

male, 67 years old
Michel Kafando (born August 18, 1942 in Ouagadougou) is the Permanent Representative (Ambassador) for Burkina Faso to the United Nations. He is...

Gaston Kaboré

male, 58 years old
Gaston Kaboré is a Burkinabé film director. He was born in 1951 in Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. He studied history in Paris, and returned to hi...