Frédéric Fernand Guirma (born 27 April 1931,

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's n ...

) is a diplomat, writer and politician from

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 1959 he became the president of the

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centre CATC.Kabeya Muase, Charles.
Syndicalisme et démocratie en Afrique noire: l'expérience du Burkina Faso, 1936-1988
'. Abidjan: Inadès édition, 1988. p. 55 From 1960 to 1963 he was the Republic of Upper Volta's first

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to the

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. He was also Permanent Representative to the

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. He heads the conservative political party Front de Refus or RDA. He gained 5.87% of the vote in the 1998 presidential election.''Elections Today'', Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 1999), p. 29

Literary works

*''Princess of the full moon'' (African folklore), 1969 *'' Tales of Mogho: African Stories from Upper Volta'', 1971

References

Burkinabé writers Burkinabé politicians Living people 1931 births Burkinabé diplomats Burkinabé trade unionists Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to the United States Permanent Representatives of Burkina Faso to the United Nations People from Ouagadougou 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-politician-stub