Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951) is a Burkinabé-Ivorian former politician who served as the second president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014....

Chantal Compaoré, born Chantal Terrasson de Fougères is the Franco-Ivorian wife of former President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso. Born in the Dabou...

chauffeur who worked for François Compaoré, President Blaise Compaoré's brother. In January 1999, François Compaoré was charged with the murder of David...

created enough momentum for his friend Blaise Compaoré to lead another coup. A coup d'état organized by Blaise Compaoré made Sankara President on 4 August...

response to attempts at changing the constitution to allow President Blaise Compaoré to run again and extend his 27 years in office. Pressure for political...

Sankara was assassinated in a coup which brought Captain Blaise Compaoré to power. Compaoré, Captain Henri Zongo, and Major Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lengani...

the ruling party in Burkina Faso from 1996 until the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré in 2014. The party was founded in February 1996 by merger of the Organization...

President Blaise Compaoré's attempts to prolong his 27-year rule. As a result of the protests, partially inspired by the memory of Thomas Sankara, Compaoré was...

storm the home of the President's brother, Francis Compaoré. On 31 October, President Blaise Compaoré resigned from the presidency and fled the country...

François Compaoré (born 11 January 1954) is a Burkinabé politician. He was Economic Adviser to the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, from 1989...

Captain Blaise Compaoré against incumbent far-left President Captain Thomas Sankara, his former friend and associate during the 1983 upheaval. Compaoré has...

Burkina Faso uprising and the ousting of Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaoré, during which there was not a single undemocratic change of government...

car driver Blaise Andries, NFL player Blaise Cendrars, Franco-Swiss novelist and poet Blaise Compaoré, ex-president of Burkina Faso Blaise Diagne, Senegalese...

Upper Volta executed on September 19, 1989 along with Henri Zongo by Blaise Compaoré who accused them of plotting a coup. Lingani was set by Laurent Sédego...

Compaoré is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bassirou Compaoré (born 1998), Burkinabé football striker Benjamin Compaoré (born 1987)...

on 13 November 2005. Incumbent president Blaise Compaoré was re-elected with around 80% of the vote. Compaoré has been in power since October 1987, was...

President Blaise Compaoré. He was assassinated after his newspaper began investigating the murder of a driver who had worked for the brother of Compaoré. Norbert...

carried out by radical elements of the army led by Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, against the regime of Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo. Ouédraogo had...

1987, Ouédraogo became Minister for the Plan and Cooperation under Blaise Compaoré. He left that position on 25 April 1989 and became President of the...

long-time aide to President Blaise Compaoré, serving as commander of the Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP) during Compaoré's rule. He was appointed as...

close friend, Captain Blaise Compaoré, on the microphone. Sankara, a Marxist, pan-Africanist, and war veteran, met Blaise Compaoré in 1976 when they were...

assumed leadership of Burkina Faso immediately after the resignation of Blaise Compaoré amidst the 2014 Burkinabé uprising. He served for one day, before he...

able to do so. 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état: On 3 August, Captain Blaise Compaoré deposed President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo and installed Thomas Sankara...

Nations from 1998 to 2011. Following the resignation of President Blaise Compaoré amidst mass protests on 31 October 2014, Kafando was chosen to serve...

were held in Burkina Faso on 21 November 2010. Incumbent president Blaise Compaoré was re-elected with 80% of the vote. The elections were marred by claims...

presidential elections for 50 years, but following a coup overthrowing Blaise Compaoré, the nation has seen more democratic and less corrupt electoral processes...

the departure of President Blaise Compaoré, who had ruled Burkina Faso for 27 years. The party of former President Compaoré, the Congress for Democracy...

received military training from the American army. Under President Blaise Compaoré, he served as deputy commander of the Regiment of Presidential Security...

Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, exploited a quirk of the 1991 constitution to stay in power after he had expended the term limits. Compaoré argued that,...

attempted coup was carried out against long-time strongman President Blaise Compaoré and his CDP regime, and resulted in the imprisonment of several members...