Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana
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President of Upper Volta and Burkina Faso (1916-2005)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Gérard Kango Ouédraogo , Himself, Joseph Conombo , Saye Zerbo
- Preceded by
- Maurice Yaméogo
- Succeeded by
- Saye Zerbo
- President
- Himself
- Born
- ( 1916-01-31 ) 31 January 1916, Dianra , French Upper Volta
- Died
- 26 May 2005 (2005-05-26) (aged 89), Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso
- Party
- Independent
- Children
- Mariam Lamizana
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Burkina Faso
- Place of death
- Ouagadougou
- Child
- Mariam Lamizana
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Sangoulé Lamizana, 1973.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1916-01-31
- date of death
- 2005-05-26
- name in native language
- Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana
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- Sangoulé Lamizana
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Encyclopedic overview
Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana (31 January 1916 – 26 May 2005) was an Upper Voltan military officer who served as the President of Upper Volta (since 1984 renamed Burkina Faso), in power from 3 January 1966, to 25 November 1980. He held the additional position of Prime Minister from 8 February 1974, to 7 July 1978.
Biography
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