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}}'''Blaise Compaoré''' (born 3 February 1951) is a Burkinabé dictator who was president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a top associate of President [[Thomas Sankara]] during the 1980s. In October 1987, he led a ''coup d'état'' during which Thomas Sankara was killed. | }}{{Quote|History will tell us if I was right.|Blaise Compaoré}} | ||
'''Blaise Compaoré''' (born 3 February 1951) is a Burkinabé dictator who was president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a top associate of President [[Thomas Sankara]] during the 1980s. In October 1987, he led a ''coup d'état'' during which Thomas Sankara was killed. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Compaoré was born into a family of the Mossi ethnic group, one of the dominant ethnic groups in Upper Volta, and was raised in the town of Ziniaré, near Ouagadougou. He attended military college in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and received paracommando training in Rabat, Morocco. | Compaoré was born into a family of the Mossi ethnic group, one of the dominant ethnic groups in Upper Volta, and was raised in the town of Ziniaré, near Ouagadougou. He attended military college in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and received paracommando training in Rabat, Morocco. | ||
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Personally quiet and self-effacing, Compaoré seemed content to leave the public business of politics in Upper Volta (renamed Burkina Faso in 1984) to the more charismatic Sankara and the other two coup organizers. That changed in 1987, when disagreements over security and other strategic issues reportedly precipitated an October 15 coup, led by Compaoré, Zongo, and Lingani, that brought Compaoré to power. Sankara was killed during the takeover, and Compaoré, who professed not to have planned the coup with much advance notice, was said to have been devastated by the unexpected death of his friend. According to Liberian warlord [[Prince Johnson]], [[Charles Taylor]] played a large role in the coup. | Personally quiet and self-effacing, Compaoré seemed content to leave the public business of politics in Upper Volta (renamed Burkina Faso in 1984) to the more charismatic Sankara and the other two coup organizers. That changed in 1987, when disagreements over security and other strategic issues reportedly precipitated an October 15 coup, led by Compaoré, Zongo, and Lingani, that brought Compaoré to power. Sankara was killed during the takeover, and Compaoré, who professed not to have planned the coup with much advance notice, was said to have been devastated by the unexpected death of his friend. According to Liberian warlord [[Prince Johnson]], [[Charles Taylor]] played a large role in the coup. | ||
He, along with [[Muammar Gaddafi]], supported Charles Taylor's forces during the Sierra Leone Civil War. | |||
Compaoré served as the head of state in the new regime, which focused on economic liberalization and, later, limited democratic reform. Zongo and Lingani held prominent positions in the regime until 1989, when, after disagreeing with Compaoré over economic issues, they were accused of plotting against him and were subsequently executed, leaving Compaoré free to follow his own agenda. Multiparty politics resumed with the promulgation of a new constitution in 1991, and a presidential election was held later that year. | Compaoré served as the head of state in the new regime, which focused on economic liberalization and, later, limited democratic reform. Zongo and Lingani held prominent positions in the regime until 1989, when, after disagreeing with Compaoré over economic issues, they were accused of plotting against him and were subsequently executed, leaving Compaoré free to follow his own agenda. Multiparty politics resumed with the promulgation of a new constitution in 1991, and a presidential election was held later that year. | ||
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