Blaise Compaoré

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Blaise Compaoré is a Burkinabé politician and former president of Burkina Faso, known for seizing power in a 1987 coup and later playing a prominent regional role as a mediator in West African conflicts.

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Label Occurrences
Blaise Compaoré canonical 5
Compaoré 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegedInvolvementIn assassination of Thomas Sankara ⓘ
cameToPowerBy coup d’état ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Africa ⓘ
countryOfBirth Burkina Faso ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Burkina Faso ⓘ
coupYear 1987 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1951-02-03 ⓘ
exileStatus in exile in Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
familyName Compaoré ⓘ
linked to: Blaise Compaoré
fledTo Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire
givenName Blaise ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Burkina Faso ⓘ
headOfStateOf Burkina Faso ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
mediatedIn Ivorian Civil War ⓘ
Malian political crisis ⓘ
Togo political crisis ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
name Blaise Compaoré ⓘ
notableFor long-time presidency of Burkina Faso ⓘ
regional mediation in West African conflicts ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeEnd President of Burkina Faso 2014 ⓘ
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso 1984 ⓘ
officeStart President of Burkina Faso 1987 ⓘ
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso 1983 ⓘ
overthrew Thomas Sankara ⓘ
placeOfBirth Upper Volta ⓘ
Ziniaré ⓘ
politicalParty Congress for Democracy and Progress ⓘ
National Council of the Revolution ⓘ
Popular Front ⓘ
positionHeld President of Burkina Faso ⓘ
President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress ⓘ
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso ⓘ
reasonForResignation popular uprising in Burkina Faso ⓘ
receivedCitizenship Ivorian citizenship ⓘ
regionOfActivity West Africa ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resignedFromOffice 2014 ⓘ
roleIn Burkinabé Revolution ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Chantal Compaoré ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ouagadougou Political Agreement → mediator → Blaise Compaoré ⓘ
Blaise → hasNotableBearer → Blaise Compaoré ⓘ
Blaise Compaoré → name → Blaise Compaoré ⓘ
Blaise Compaoré → familyName → Compaoré ⓘ
linked to: Blaise Compaoré