General Honoré Nabéré Traoré (born 28 September 1957)« Honoré Traoré, chef d’Etat: des manifestants réclament le général Kouamé Lougué »
, fasozine.com, 31 octobre 2014 is a Burkinabé

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who assumed leadership of

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immediately after the resignation of Blaise Compaoré amidst the

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. He served for one day, before he and other officials from the interim military administration declared

Isaac Zida Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 16 November 1965) is a Burkinabé military officer who briefly served as Burkina Faso's acting head of state in November 2014. He took power in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, sidelining a more senior off ...

to be

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until power could be handed over to a civilian government that would oversee

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. Prior to entering national politics, Traoré had served as Compaoré's aide de camp.

References

Living people Burkinabé military personnel 1957 births People from Boucle du Mouhoun Region 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-politician-stub