Albert Ouédraogo (born 6 April 1969) is a Burkinabé economist who served as prime minister of

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

in the aftermath of the

January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence in the Burkinabé capital Ouagadougou and several military barracks around the city. Soldiers were reported to have seized c ...

, from 3 March until another coup on 30 September.

Early life and education

Albert Ouédraogo was born on 6 April 1969, in Dori, Séno. He studied partly at the Prytanée militaire de Kadiogo before continuing his education at the

University of Ouagadougou Founded in 1974, the University of Ouagadougou (UO; french: Université de Ouagadougou) is in the area of Dagnöen Nord (pronounced dag-no-en noor) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Profess ...

, where he was excluded from studies during the 1990s for leading a student strike. He holds a doctorate in management science.

Career

Albert Ouédraogo has taught in several public and private universities in Burkina Faso. In particular, Ouédraogo taught accounting at the

as well as at the private university Aube Nouvelle. He also consults businesses on management and economics. He was appointed as prime minister by President

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (; born January 1981) is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé military officer who served as interim president of Burkina Faso from 31 January 2022 to 30 September 2022, when he was removed in a September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d ...

on 3 March 2022, following his official inauguration. His term as prime minister ended following the

September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état A coup d'état took place in Burkina Faso on 30 September 2022, removing Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba over his alleged inability to deal with the country's Islamist insurgency. Damiba had come to power in a coup d'état just ei ...

Private Life

Albert Ouédraogo is close friends with Pierre Claver Damiba, the president of the

West African Development Bank The West African Development Bank - WADB (fr. Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement - BOAD / pt. Banco de Desenvolvimento do Oeste Africano - BDOA) is an international Multilateral Development Bank established in 1973 to serve the nations of Fr ...

from 1975-1981, and the uncle of former Burkinabé President

. Ouédraogo is married and has 2 children.

References

1969 births Living people 20th-century Burkinabé people Burkinabé economists Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-politician-stub