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<span>Indictment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indictment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Honors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul 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mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Blaise Compaoré</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A" title="بليز كومباوري – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بليز كومباوري" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blez_Kompaore" title="Blez Kompaore – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Blez Kompaore" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D" title="Блез Кампаарэ – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Блез Кампаарэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8D" title="Блез Кампаорэ – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Блез Кампаорэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Блез Компаоре – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Блез Компаоре" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B6_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AD" title="Μπλεζ Κομπαορέ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπλεζ Κομπαορέ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87" title="بلز کمپائوره – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بلز کمپائوره" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%94%EB%A0%88%EC%A6%88_%EC%BD%A9%ED%8C%8C%EC%98%A4%EB%A0%88" title="블레즈 콩파오레 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="블레즈 콩파오레" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%96_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94" title="בלז קומפאורה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בלז קומפאורה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%96_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94" title="ბლეზ კომპაორე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბლეზ კომპაორე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasius_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blasius Compaoré – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Blasius Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Blaise Compaoré – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Blaise Compaoré" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BC" title="ബ്ലെയ്സ് കംപോർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബ്ലെയ്സ് കംപോർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87" title="ब्लेस कोंपाओरे – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ब्लेस कोंपाओरे" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Blaise Compaoré</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9_2014-08-05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9_2014-08-05.jpg/220px-Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9_2014-08-05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9_2014-08-05.jpg/330px-Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9_2014-08-05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9_2014-08-05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Compaoré in 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">2nd <a href="/wiki/President_of_Burkina_Faso" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Burkina Faso">President of Burkina Faso</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />15 October 1987 – 31 October 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sankara" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Traor%C3%A9" title="Honoré Traoré">Honoré Traoré</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(as transitional head of state)</i></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-02-03</span>) </span>3 February 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Ziniar%C3%A9" title="Ziniaré">Ziniaré</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Upper_Volta" title="French Upper Volta">Upper Volta</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa" title="French West Africa">French West Africa</a><sup id="cite_ref-france24.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-france24.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Burkina Faso (formerly)</li> <li>Ivory Coast (2016–)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Congress_for_Democracy_and_Progress" title="Congress for Democracy and Progress">Congress for Democracy and Progress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chantal_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Chantal Compaoré">Chantal Terrasson de Fougères</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="June 29, 1985">1985</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Compaor%C3%A9" title="François Compaoré">François</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Handsome Blaise<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Blaise Compaoré's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Signature_of_Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.png/111px-Signature_of_Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.png" decoding="async" width="111" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Signature_of_Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.png/166px-Signature_of_Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.png 1.5x, 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title="Captain">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Agacher_Strip_War" title="Agacher Strip War">Agacher Strip War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blaise Compaoré</b> (born 3 February 1951)<sup id="cite_ref-Profiles_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Profiles-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CV_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CV-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a Burkinabé-Ivorian former politician who served as the second <a href="/wiki/President_of_Burkina_Faso" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Burkina Faso">president of Burkina Faso</a> from 1987 to 2014. He was a close associate of the first president, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sankara" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a>, during the 1980s and in October 1987 he led a <a href="/wiki/1987_Burkinab%C3%A9_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 Burkinabé coup d'état">coup d'état during which Sankara was killed</a>. Subsequently, he introduced a policy of 'rectification', overturning the <a href="/wiki/Leftist" class="mw-redirect" title="Leftist">leftist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Third_Worldist" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Worldist">Third Worldist</a> policies pursued by Sankara. He won elections in <a href="/wiki/1991_Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election" title="1991 Burkinabé presidential election">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election" title="1998 Burkinabé presidential election">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election" title="2005 Burkinabé presidential election">2005</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2010_Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election" title="2010 Burkinabé presidential election">2010</a>, in what were considered unfair circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His attempt to amend the constitution to extend his 27-year term caused the <a href="/wiki/2014_Burkinab%C3%A9_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Burkinabé uprising">2014 Burkinabé uprising</a>. On 31 October 2014, Compaoré resigned and fled to the <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2022, he was found guilty by a special military tribunal of complicity in Sankara’s murder.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the longest-serving president of Burkina Faso. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Compaoré was born in <a href="/wiki/Ziniar%C3%A9" title="Ziniaré">Ziniaré</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Upper_Volta" title="French Upper Volta">Upper Volta</a> on 3 February 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Profiles_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Profiles-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson202168_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson202168-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a military veteran of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. He studied at a Catholic school in <a href="/wiki/Fada_N%27gourma" title="Fada N'gourma">Fada N'gourma</a>, followed by a <a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Lycée">Lycée</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ouagadougou" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</a>. His mother died suddenly when he was 15, followed by the death of his father several years later. Compaoré subsequently became very close to the family of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sankara" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a>, whose father Joseph treated him as his own son. After being expelled from the Lycée, Compaoré underwent basic military training. During his service he decided to pursue a military career, continuing his studies at the <a href="/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9" title="Yaoundé">Yaoundé</a> Military Academy in Cameroon. There he became acquainted with <a href="/wiki/Henri_Zongo" title="Henri Zongo">Henri Zongo</a> and labor union leader Soumane Touré. Following the end of the 1974 Agacher Strip border clashes between Upper Volta and <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>, Compaoré was posted north of <a href="/wiki/Ouahigouya" title="Ouahigouya">Ouahigouya</a>. There he met Thomas Sankara, with whom he developed a close friendship.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson202168–69_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson202168–69-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compaoré played a major role in the coups d'état against <a href="/wiki/Saye_Zerbo" title="Saye Zerbo">Saye Zerbo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Ouedraogo" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo">Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo</a>. He has been married to <a href="/wiki/Chantal_Compaor%C3%A9" title="Chantal Compaoré">Chantal Compaoré</a> (née Chantal Terrasson de Fougères) since 1985. </p><p>Under Sankara's leadership, which lasted from 1983 to 1987, Compaoré was his deputy<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a member of the National Revolutionary Council.<sup id="cite_ref-Profiles_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Profiles-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as Minister of State at the Presidency<sup id="cite_ref-Profiles_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Profiles-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CV_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CV-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and subsequently as Minister of State for Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-CV_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CV-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Compaoré was involved in the <a href="/wiki/1983_Upper_Voltan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état">1983</a> and <a href="/wiki/1987_Burkina_Faso_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état">1987 coups</a>, taking power after the second in which his predecessor Sankara was killed. He was elected as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Burkina_Faso" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Burkina Faso">president of Burkina Faso</a> in <a href="/wiki/1991_Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election" title="1991 Burkinabé presidential election">1991</a>, in an election that was boycotted by the opposition, and re-elected in <a href="/wiki/1998_Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election" title="1998 Burkinabé presidential election">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election" title="2005 Burkinabé presidential election">2005</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010_Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election" title="2010 Burkinabé presidential election">2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1983_coup">1983 coup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1983 coup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1983_Upper_Voltan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état">1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état</a></div> <p>On 4 August 1983, Compaoré organized a coup d'état, which deposed Major Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coup d'état was supported by <a href="/wiki/Socialist_People%27s_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya">Libya</a>, which was, at the time, on the verge of war with France in Chad.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other key participants were Captain <a href="/wiki/Henri_Zongo" title="Henri Zongo">Henri Zongo</a>, Major <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Boukary_Lingani" title="Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani">Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani</a> and the charismatic Captain Thomas Sankara, who was pronounced President. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Agacher_Strip_War" title="Agacher Strip War">Agacher Strip War</a> with Mali in December 1985, Compaoré commanded Burkinabé soldiers who split into small groups and employed <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">guerrilla tactics</a> against Malian tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-roger_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roger-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1987_coup">1987 coup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1987 coup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1987_Burkinab%C3%A9_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 Burkinabé coup d'état">1987 Burkinabé coup d'état</a></div> <p>Compaoré took power on 15 October 1987 in a coup during which Sankara was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-guard-league_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-league-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deteriorating relations with France and the neighboring Ivory Coast was the reason given for the coup. Compaoré described the killing of Sankara as an 'accident', but the circumstances have never been properly investigated.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon taking the presidency, he reverted many of the policies of Sankara, claiming that his policy was a 'rectification' of the Burkinabé revolution. </p><p>He initially ruled in a <a href="/wiki/Triumvirate" title="Triumvirate">triumvirate</a> with <a href="/wiki/Henri_Zongo" title="Henri Zongo">Henri Zongo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Boukary_Lingani" title="Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani">Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani</a>: in September 1989 those two were arrested, charged with <a href="/wiki/1989_Burkinab%C3%A9_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt">plotting to overthrow the government</a>, summarily tried and executed.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_years_and_1990s">First years and 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First years and 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Burkina_Faso" title="History of Burkina Faso">History of Burkina Faso</a> and <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Burkina_Faso" title="Politics of Burkina Faso">Politics of Burkina Faso</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ceremonial_reception_of_the_President_of_Burkina_Faso,_H._E._Blaise_Compaore_at_the_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_forecourt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ceremonial_reception_of_the_President_of_Burkina_Faso%2C_H._E._Blaise_Compaore_at_the_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_forecourt.jpg/220px-Ceremonial_reception_of_the_President_of_Burkina_Faso%2C_H._E._Blaise_Compaore_at_the_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_forecourt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ceremonial_reception_of_the_President_of_Burkina_Faso%2C_H._E._Blaise_Compaore_at_the_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_forecourt.jpg/330px-Ceremonial_reception_of_the_President_of_Burkina_Faso%2C_H._E._Blaise_Compaore_at_the_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_forecourt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ceremonial_reception_of_the_President_of_Burkina_Faso%2C_H._E._Blaise_Compaore_at_the_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_forecourt.jpg/440px-Ceremonial_reception_of_the_President_of_Burkina_Faso%2C_H._E._Blaise_Compaore_at_the_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_forecourt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1205" data-file-height="820" /></a><figcaption>Compaoré in India, 1997</figcaption></figure> <p>In October 1987, Compaoré and many others formed a new political party called the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_(Burkina_Faso)" title="Popular Front (Burkina Faso)">Popular Front</a>, centered around <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communist</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism" title="Marxism–Leninism">Marxist–Leninist</a> ideals.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He pledged to continue pursuing the goals of the revolution, but rectify policies which he saw as deviations of its ultimate goal carried out by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sankara" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Burkina_Faso_11/01_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burkina_Faso_11/01-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1989_Burkina_Faso_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt">September of 1989</a>, while Compaoré was returning from a two-week trip to <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, there were rumors of people plotting to overthrow Compaoré’s government. The plotters would be arrested that same day. This event would lead Compaoré to reorganize the young nation's government. </p><p>In 1990 Compaoré introduced only limited democratic reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1991, Compaoré announced that <a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a> was going to adopt a new <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Burkina_Faso" title="Constitution of Burkina Faso">constitution</a>. </p><p>In the 1990s, Compaoré supported <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_United_Front" title="Revolutionary United Front">rebels</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> during the country's <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Civil_War" title="Sierra Leone Civil War">civil War</a>. The war would kill over 45,000 people and last for 11 years. </p><p>Compaoré was elected as the president of Burkina Faso in 1991, in an election boycotted by the main opposition parties in protest at the questionable means Compaoré had used to take office in the first place. Only 25 percent of the electorate voted. In 1998, Compaoré was re-elected as president. </p><p>Between 1998 and 1999, an insurgency took place over reasons with economic violations in Burkina Faso. Many protests, riots, strikes, rallies and marches took place throughout the country and shocked many people. Many protesters even destroyed <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Burkina_Faso" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Burkina Faso">government</a> properties or houses. Those events at the time were one of the greatest challenges that Compaoré and his administration faced.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.jpeg/170px-Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.jpeg" decoding="async" width="170" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.jpeg/255px-Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.jpeg/340px-Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="643" /></a><figcaption>Campaoré in 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>Compaoré agreed to meet with <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> supervised bodies to export weapons after allegations that he and his government has been involved in smuggling arms to rebels in <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>. Just a week before that, Blaise Compaoré met with <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, and with a <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union representative</a>. They discussed their concerns that the country had violated the arms embargo against Sierra Leone and <a href="/wiki/UNITA" title="UNITA">Unita rebels</a> and were being accused of it.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, numerous alleged plotters were arrested, following accusations of a <a href="/wiki/2003_Burkinabe_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Burkinabe coup d'état attempt">coup plot against Compaoré</a>. A trial would take place in April 2004 in which they were found guilty. Many sympathizers gathered around the court cheering the plotters for their actions.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2005, he announced his intention to contest the next presidential election. Opposition politicians regarded this as unconstitutional due to a constitutional amendment in 2000 limiting a president to two terms and reducing term lengths from seven to five years. Compaoré's supporters disputed this, saying that the amendment could not be applied retroactively,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in October 2005, the constitutional council ruled that because Compaoré was a sitting president in 2000, the amendment would not apply until the end of his second term in office, thereby allowing him to present his candidacy for the 2005 election. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blaise_Compaore_with_George_Bush_July_16,_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Blaise_Compaore_with_George_Bush_July_16%2C_2008.jpg/220px-Blaise_Compaore_with_George_Bush_July_16%2C_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Blaise_Compaore_with_George_Bush_July_16%2C_2008.jpg/330px-Blaise_Compaore_with_George_Bush_July_16%2C_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Blaise_Compaore_with_George_Bush_July_16%2C_2008.jpg/440px-Blaise_Compaore_with_George_Bush_July_16%2C_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="343" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> shakes hands with Compaoré, during a meeting in July 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>On 13 November 2005, Compaoré was re-elected as president, defeating 12 opponents and winning 80.35 percent of the vote. Although sixteen opposition parties announced a coalition to unseat Compaoré early on in the race, ultimately nobody wanted to give up their spot in the race to another leader in the coalition, and the pact fell through. </p><p>Following Compaoré's victory, he was sworn in for another term on 20 December 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008 many protests took place because of high living costs and call for wage increases.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compaoré responded by suspending import taxes on products like food for half a year and by increasing commodity for water and electricity.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Spanish Hostages Ransom</b> </p><p>Two <a href="/wiki/Spaniards" title="Spaniards">Spanish</a> aid workers were abducted in November 2009. A hunt was undertaken to find the kidnappers. Just one week before the hostages were freed, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ould_Sid_Ahmed_Ould_Hama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ould Sid Ahmed Ould Hama (page does not exist)">Ould Sid Ahmed Ould Hama</a> the kidnapper fled to <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a> before he was found and imprisoned for 12 years. It turned out the ransom was paid by Blaise Compaoré, and the hostages were taken to the presidential palace and were given phones. The hostages thanked him for paying the ransom.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_years_in_power_(2010-2014)"><span id="Final_years_in_power_.282010-2014.29"></span>Final years in power (2010-2014)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Final years in power (2010-2014)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President_of_Burkina_Faso_at_the_CTBTO_(13_June_2013)_(9035557678).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_President_of_Burkina_Faso_at_the_CTBTO_%2813_June_2013%29_%289035557678%29.jpg/220px-The_President_of_Burkina_Faso_at_the_CTBTO_%2813_June_2013%29_%289035557678%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_President_of_Burkina_Faso_at_the_CTBTO_%2813_June_2013%29_%289035557678%29.jpg/330px-The_President_of_Burkina_Faso_at_the_CTBTO_%2813_June_2013%29_%289035557678%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_President_of_Burkina_Faso_at_the_CTBTO_%2813_June_2013%29_%289035557678%29.jpg/440px-The_President_of_Burkina_Faso_at_the_CTBTO_%2813_June_2013%29_%289035557678%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4420" data-file-height="2918" /></a><figcaption>Compaoré in 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>President Compaoré announced an establishment of a new Senate with 89 members and with 29 of the <a href="/wiki/Senate" title="Senate">senators</a> who would be selected by the president themselves while the rest chosen by local politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_protests">2011 protests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2011 protests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2011_Burkinab%C3%A8_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Burkinabè protests">2011 Burkinabè protests</a></div> <p>On 14 April 2011, Compaoré was reported to have fled from the capital Ouagadougou to his hometown of Ziniare after mutineering military bodyguards began a revolt in their barracks reportedly over unpaid allowances.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their actions eventually spread to the presidential compound and other army bases.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the night, gunfire was reported at the presidential compound and an ambulance was seen leaving the compound. Soldiers also looted shops in the city through the night.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_uprising">2014 uprising</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2014 uprising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_Burkinab%C3%A9_uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Burkinabé uprising">2014 Burkinabé uprising</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Burkina_Faso_Protests.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Burkina_Faso_Protests.png/220px-Burkina_Faso_Protests.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Burkina_Faso_Protests.png/330px-Burkina_Faso_Protests.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Burkina_Faso_Protests.png/440px-Burkina_Faso_Protests.png 2x" data-file-width="842" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption>Protesters marching through the capital.</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 2014 Compaoré's ruling party, the <a href="/wiki/Congress_for_Democracy_and_Progress" title="Congress for Democracy and Progress">Congress for Democracy and Progress</a> (CDP), called on him to organise a referendum that would allow him to alter the constitution in order to seek re-election in 2015. Otherwise, he would be forced to step down due to term limits.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 October 2014, the National Assembly was scheduled to debate an amendment to the constitution that would have enabled Compaoré to stand for re-election as president in 2015. Opponents protested against this by storming the parliament building in Ouagadougou, starting fires inside it and looting offices. Billowing smoke was reported by the BBC to be coming from the building.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opposition spokesman <a href="/wiki/Pargui_Emile_Par%C3%A9" title="Pargui Emile Paré">Pargui Emile Paré</a> of the People's Movement for Socialism / Federal Party described the protests as 'Burkina Faso's black spring (sic), like the Arab spring (sic)'.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compaoré reacted to the events by shelving the proposed constitutional changes, dissolving the government, declaring a state of emergency and offering to work with the opposition to resolve the crisis. Later in the day, the military, under General Honore Traore, announced that it would install a transitional government 'in consultation with all parties' and that the National Assembly was dissolved; he foresaw 'a return to the constitutional order' within a year. He did not make clear what role, if any, he envisioned for Compaoré during the transitional period.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compaoré said that he was prepared to leave office at the end of the transition.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 October, Compaoré announced he had left the presidency and that there was a 'power vacuum'. He also called for a 'free and transparent' election within 90 days. Presidential guard officer <a href="/wiki/Yacouba_Isaac_Zida" title="Yacouba Isaac Zida">Yacouba Isaac Zida</a> then took over as head of state in an interim capacity. It was reported that a heavily-armed convoy believed to be carrying Compaoré was traveling towards the southern town of <a href="/wiki/P%C3%B4" title="Pô">Pô</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-resign_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resign-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it diverted before reaching the town and he then fled to Ivory Coast with the support of President <a href="/wiki/Alassane_Ouattara" title="Alassane Ouattara">Alassane Ouattara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A week later, <i><a href="/wiki/Jeune_Afrique" title="Jeune Afrique">Jeune Afrique</a></i> published an interview with Compaoré in which he alleged that 'part of the opposition was working with the army' to plot his overthrow and that 'history will tell us if they were right'. He added that he would 'not wish for his worst enemy' to be in Zida's place.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first head of state that has been in office for more than a short time after Blaise Campaoré is <a href="/wiki/Roch_Marc_Christian_Kabor%C3%A9" title="Roch Marc Christian Kaboré">Roch Marc Christian Kaboré</a> as of 29 December 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Liberian_Civil_War">Liberian Civil War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Liberian Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/First_Liberian_Civil_War" title="First Liberian Civil War">First Liberian Civil War</a></div> <p>Compaoré introduced <a href="/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_politician)" title="Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)">Charles Taylor</a> to his friend <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a>. Compaoré also helped Taylor in the early 1990s by sending him troops and resources.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_and_regional_roles">International and regional roles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: International and regional roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ansar_Dine_et_MNLA_%C3%A0_Ouagadougou.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ansar_Dine_et_MNLA_%C3%A0_Ouagadougou.PNG/220px-Ansar_Dine_et_MNLA_%C3%A0_Ouagadougou.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ansar_Dine_et_MNLA_%C3%A0_Ouagadougou.PNG/330px-Ansar_Dine_et_MNLA_%C3%A0_Ouagadougou.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ansar_Dine_et_MNLA_%C3%A0_Ouagadougou.PNG/440px-Ansar_Dine_et_MNLA_%C3%A0_Ouagadougou.PNG 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="529" /></a><figcaption>Compaoré with the delegates of <a href="/wiki/Ansar_Dine" title="Ansar Dine">Ansar Dine</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Movement_for_the_Liberation_of_Azawad" title="National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad">MNLA</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ouagadougou" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</a> on 16 November 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1993, Compaoré headed the Burkina-Faso delegation that participated in the first <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_International_Conference_on_African_Development" title="Tokyo International Conference on African Development">Tokyo International Conference on African Development</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compaoré has been active as a mediator in regional issues.<sup id="cite_ref-fessy_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fessy-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 July 2006, he was designated as the mediator of the Inter-Togolese Dialogue, which was held in Ouagadougou in August 2006<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and resulted in an agreement between the government and opposition parties.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also acted as mediator in the crisis in Ivory Coast, brokering the peace agreement signed by the Ivorian president, <a href="/wiki/Laurent_Gbagbo" title="Laurent Gbagbo">Laurent Gbagbo</a>, and the New Forces leader, <a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Soro" title="Guillaume Soro">Guillaume Soro</a>, in Ouagadougou on 4 March 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2012, he acted as a mediator in talks between representatives of the <a href="/wiki/2012_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2012 Malian coup d'état">Malian coup d'état</a> and other regional leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC313_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC313-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He hosted talks with them to discuss peace to the conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blaise_Compaore_with_Obamas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Blaise_Compaore_with_Obamas.jpg/220px-Blaise_Compaore_with_Obamas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Blaise_Compaore_with_Obamas.jpg/330px-Blaise_Compaore_with_Obamas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Blaise_Compaore_with_Obamas.jpg/440px-Blaise_Compaore_with_Obamas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1667" /></a><figcaption>Compaoré with US President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The BBC noted in 2014 that he was 'the strongest ally to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> in the region' and that 'despite his own history of backing rebels and fuelling civil wars in the West African neighbourhood ... more importantly, he used his networks to help Western powers battling Islamist militancy in the Sahel'.<sup id="cite_ref-fessy_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fessy-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 2016, the capital was in the grip of a terrorist attack. Jihadists who had suites and tables in town, following agreements with Campaoré of non-aggression. As a result, the military group of the presidential guard received enormous credits while the army was impoverished to avoid any military coup.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served on the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) International Advisory Board. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Views_on_sexuality">Views on sexuality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Views on sexuality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an interview with the magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Famille_Chr%C3%A9tienne" class="mw-redirect" title="Famille Chrétienne">Famille Chrétienne</a></i>, Compaoré asserted that the notion of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abstinence" title="Sexual abstinence">sexual abstinence</a> was not a monopoly of the Roman <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and that European non-governmental organizations that disagreed with traditional morality were profiting from the situation to intervene in regional African affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indictment">Indictment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Indictment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2021, a military court in Burkina Faso indicted Compaoré <i><a href="/wiki/Trial_in_absentia" title="Trial in absentia">in absentia</a></i>, charging him with the 1987 murder of his immediate predecessor, Thomas Sankara.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another trial against him, on counts of attacking state security, concealing a corpse, and complicity in a murder, began on 11 October 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a>: <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Order_of_Merit_-_Grand_Cross_(Guinea).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/National_Order_of_Merit_-_Grand_Cross_%28Guinea%29.png/60px-National_Order_of_Merit_-_Grand_Cross_%28Guinea%29.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/National_Order_of_Merit_-_Grand_Cross_%28Guinea%29.png/90px-National_Order_of_Merit_-_Grand_Cross_%28Guinea%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/National_Order_of_Merit_-_Grand_Cross_%28Guinea%29.png/120px-National_Order_of_Merit_-_Grand_Cross_%28Guinea%29.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/National_Order_of_Merit_(Guinea)" title="National Order of Merit (Guinea)">National Order of Merit</a> (17 July 2014)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a>: <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mali_Ordre_national_du_Mali_GC_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mali_Ordre_national_du_Mali_GC_ribbon.svg/60px-Mali_Ordre_national_du_Mali_GC_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mali_Ordre_national_du_Mali_GC_ribbon.svg/90px-Mali_Ordre_national_du_Mali_GC_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Mali_Ordre_national_du_Mali_GC_ribbon.svg/120px-Mali_Ordre_national_du_Mali_GC_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/National_Order_of_Mali" title="National Order of Mali">National Order of Mali</a> (August 2013)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>: <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_Brilliant_Jade_(Taiwan)_-_ribbon_bar.gif" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 July</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ex-president+sentenced+to+life+over+Sankara+murder&rft.pub=BBC+News&rft.date=2022-04-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-africa-61008332&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlaise+Compaor%C3%A9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson202168-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson202168_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPeterson2021">Peterson 2021</a>, p. 68.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPeterson202168–69-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPeterson202168–69_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPeterson2021">Peterson 2021</a>, pp. 68–69.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYT-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/02/world/around-the-world-new-cabinet-named-in-bourkina-fasso.html">"AROUND THE WORLD; New Cabinet Named In Bourkina Fasso"</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, 2 September 1984.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.blnz.com/news/2010/11/23/Burkina_Faso_opposition_claims_election_75e0.html">"Burkina Faso president re-elected by landslide"</a>, BLNZ. 25 November 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The date of the 194th anniversary of the Abolition of Feudal Privileges in France may have been chosen for symbolic purposes, but there is no evidence of this.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chad was at war with Libya. 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(2001). "Taiwan and Africa: Taipei's Continuing Search for International Recognition". <i>Journal of Asian and African Studies</i>. <b>36</b> (4): 447. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1163%2F15685210152691972">10.1163/15685210152691972</a>. <q>Given its economic power, Taiwan has generously rewarded its political allies in Africa. For example, in July 1994, President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, accompanied by his wife and an entourage of more than twenty officials, visited Taiwan shortly after reestablishing diplomatic relations with Taipei. Compaore was presented with the key to Taipei and President Lee Teng-hui conferred the Order of Brilliant Jade on him in recognition of his contribution to strengthening ties between the two countries.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Asian+and+African+Studies&rft.atitle=Taiwan+and+Africa%3A+Taipei%27s+Continuing+Search+for+International+Recognition&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=447&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1163%2F15685210152691972&rft.aulast=Veney&rft.aufirst=Cassandra+R.&rft.au=Payne%2C+Richard+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlaise+Compaor%C3%A9" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson2021" class="citation book cs1">Peterson, Brian (2021). <i>Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa</i>. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0253053763" title="Special:BookSources/978-0253053763"><bdi>978-0253053763</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Thomas+Sankara%3A+A+Revolutionary+in+Cold+War+Africa&rft.place=Bloomington&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=2021&rft.isbn=978-0253053763&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlaise+Compaor%C3%A9" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaise_Compaor%C3%A9&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuion1991" class="citation book cs1">Guion, Jean R. (1991). <i>Blaise Compaoré: Realism and Integrity: Portrait of the Man Behind Rectification in Burkina Faso</i>. 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Isaac Zida</a></div><i><b>as Transitional Head of State </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FACEFF;">Diplomatic posts </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dawda_Jawara" title="Dawda Jawara">Dawda Jawara</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairperson of the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Community_of_West_African_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic Community of West African States">Economic Community of West African States</a> </b><br />1990–1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dawda_Jawara" title="Dawda Jawara">Dawda Jawara</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Mugabe" title="Robert Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a></div> 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