Ruler · 1951 – present
Blaise Compaoré
Born 1951, living; statesperson, politician. President of Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso), 1987 – 2014.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- since 1951
- living
- In office
- 27 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 1
- Burkina Faso
- Left it
- ending not on record
- nothing on record
President of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso · the 6th of 14 dated reigns · 1959 – 2022
2 before
Blaise Compaoré1987 – 20145 after
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Blaise Compaoré1987 – 2014.jpg/120px-General_Honore_Traore_(Burkina_Faso).jpg)
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Reigned 1987 – 2014 · 27 years · came to it aged 36
- Came to it
- seized power
- Left it
- ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against
The pair were seen as close allies until Compaoré led a coup d'état during which Sankara was killed two years later in 1987.
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