Siméon Sawadogo is a Burkinabé politician. He is currently the Minister of State, the Minister of Territorial Administration, the Minister of Decentralization and Social Cohesion.

Biography

Siméon Sawadogo was born in Sabcé,

Bam Province Bam is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is located in Centre-Nord Region and the capital of Bam is Kongoussi. In 2019 it has a population of 473,955. It is a rural province with 420,314 of its residents living in the countryside; only 5 ...

. He earned a master's degree from University of Joseph Ki-Zerbo (present-day

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 ...

). In 1982, he began his career in the public service as a teacher of primary schools. In 1994, he joined the Ministry of Territorial Administration as High Commissioner of the

Oubritenga Province Oubritenga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Plateau-Central Region. Its capital is Ziniaré. Departments Oubritenga is divided into 7 departments: * Absouya * Dapélogo * Loumbila * Nagréongo * Ourgou-Manèga * Z ...

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, then of

Sanmatenga Province Sanmatenga is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Nord Region. Its capital is Kaya. Departments Sanmatenga is divided into 10 departments: *Barsalogho Department * Boussouma Department *Dablo Department * Kaya Departmen ...

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. From 1997 to 2007, he was elected a member of the

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. On 20 February 2017, he was appointed the Minister of State for Territorial Administration. On 19 January 2019, he

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together with other members of Thieba cabinet. On 24 January, he was appointed the Minister of State, Territorial Administration, the Minister of Decentralization and Social Cohesion.

Health

During the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, on 21 March, Sawadogo contracted the

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References

Living people Government ministers of Burkina Faso University of Ouagadougou alumni People from Centre-Nord Region Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-politician-stub