François Compaoré | |
|---|---|
| Economic Advisor to the President of Burkina Faso | |
| In office 1989–2014 | |
| President | Blaise Compaoré |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1954 Ouagadougou |
| Political party | Congress for Democracy and Progress |
| Relations | Blaise Compaoré (brother) |
François Compaoré (born 11 January 1954)[1] is a Burkinabé politician. He was Economic Adviser to the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, from 1989 to 2014; he is Compaoré's younger brother.[2]
Life and career
At the Fifth Ordinary Congress of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), François Compaoré was designated as a member of the CDP's National Executive Secretariat, with the post of Secretary of the Associative Movement, on 4 March 2012. He ranked 11th on the National Executive Secretariat.[3][4]
By 2012, François Compaoré was "considered the new CDP strongman",[5] and speculation centered on the possibility that he could succeed his brother at the time of the 2015 presidential election. Unless the constitution was amended prior to that point, Blaise Compaoré would be unable to stand for another term, as he would have exhausted the constitutional limit of two terms.[3][5]
In the December 2012 parliamentary election, Compaoré stood as the second candidate on the CDP's candidate list for Kadiogo Province, which includes Ouagadougou, the capital. The CDP won four of the available seats in Kadiogo, thus securing Compaoré a parliamentary seat.[6] He nevertheless chose not to sit as a Deputy in the National Assembly, leaving his substitute to take his seat.[7]
In 2014, he fled to Benin when his brother lost power.
On December 13, 2023, France makes the 2020 ministerial decree authorizing the extradition of François Compaoré to Burkina Faso obsolete. where he is accused of assassinating a journalist in 1998.[8]
References
- ↑ https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201806140822.html
- ↑ Frédéric Lejeal, "François Compaoré à l'ombre du grand frère", Jeune Afrique, 7 July 2008 (in French).
- 1 2 Rémi Carayol, "Burkina Faso : François, l'autre Compaoré", Jeune Afrique, 18 July 2012 (in French).
- ↑ Grégoire B. Bazie, "Ve Congrès ordinaire du CDP : Des changements en toute cohésion", Lefaso.net, 5 March 2012 (in French).
- 1 2 Romaric Ollo Hien, "Burkina Faso votes in test for Compaore regime", AFP, 3 December 2012.
- ↑ "Francois Compaoré et Luc Adolphe Tiao, élus à l’Assemblée nationale", Agence d'Information du Burkina, 10 December 2012 (in French).
- ↑ "Assemblée nationale : La 5e Législature adopte son Règlement à l’unanimité", Lefaso.net, 21 January 2013 (in French).
- ↑ [https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20231221-burkina-faso-la-france-annule-le-d%C3%A9cret-d-extradition-de-fran%C3%A7ois-compaor%C3%A9 "Afrique Burkina Faso: la France annule le décret d'extradition de François Compaoré"], Radio France Internationale, 21 December 2023 (in French).