“private initiative will be maintained...you are the primary motor of the country”
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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
Jean-Baptiste Philippe Ouédraogo, also referred to by his initials JBO, is a Burkinabé physician and retired military officer who served as President of Upper Volta from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983. He has since mediated a few national political disputes and operates a clinic in Somgandé.
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politics · Burkinabé politician (born 1942) · politician · president · also Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Ouédraogo
Born 30 June 1942 · Q558209
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 2,917 Wikipedia readers in one day, 42.3× the usual 69, with 0 article edits.
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2020· 1 entry
Released a memoir titled Ma part de vérité
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2016· 1 entry
Was the president of the Fédération des Associations Professionnelles de la Santé Privée
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2007· 1 entry
Served between 400 and 500 patients a month
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2005· 1 entry
Ouédraogo was awarded a gold medal by the Geneva-based Foundation for Excellence in Business Practice
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1999· 1 entry
Was made a member of the Conseil du Sages, though by 2014 he had left the consultative body
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1992· 1 entry
Successfully secured a loan of 250 million West African CFA francs from a French bank and founded a clinic, the Notre-Dame de la Paix, in the Somgandé district, south of Ouagadougou
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1985· 1 entry
Ouédraogo declared that he would not take an active role in politics and from then on he generally showed little interest in involving himself in public affairs
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1984· 1 entry
And three years later he was killed in a coup and replaced by Compaoré
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1982· 1 entry
“Since our regime makes many people uneasy, it is quite normal that people should plan this sort of reaction.”
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-06-30.
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