Moumouni Fabré (born 28 November 1953Page on Fabré
at petiteacademie.gov.bf .) is a Burkinabé politician who has served as the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to

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since 2008. He was Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization from 2002 to 2006.

Life and career

Fabré was Ambassador to

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from late 1988 to March 1991, then Ambassador to

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from 1992 to 1997. Subsequently he was an Adviser to the Presidency of Burkina Faso; he was responsible for organizing the 34th Summit of the Organisation of African Unity in June 1997, and he was Coordinator of the 26th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in January 1998. Later, he was appointed as Director of the Cabinet of Prime Minister

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in July 2001. Fabré was then appointed to the government as Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization on 10 June 2002, serving in that position until being dismissed from the government in January 2006. He was instead appointed as Ambassador and Representative of the President of Burkina Faso to

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

, responsible for monitoring the implementation of political agreements. After serving as President

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's Representative in Togo, Fabré was appointed as Ambassador to South Africa on 16 April 2008. He arrived in South Africa on 9 August 2008 and presented his credentials to South African President

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on 2 October 2008."L’ambassadeur Moumouni Fabré a présenté ses lettres de créance au Président de la République d’Afrique du Sud"
Embassy of Burkina Faso in Pretoria (lefaso.net), 21 October 2008 .

References

1953 births Living people Government ministers of Burkina Faso Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to South Africa Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to Togo Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to Germany Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to Iran 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-politician-stub