Philippe Ouédraogo (born 15 July 1942, in

Diapaga Diapaga is a city in and the capital of Tapoa Province in 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 northw ...

Tapoa Province Tapoa is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso. It is located in the Est Region. Its capital is Diapaga. Departments Tapoa is divided into 8 departments: See also *Regions of Burkina Faso *Provinces of Burkina Faso *Departments of Burkina Fa ...

) is a Burkinabé politician and the leader of the African Independence Party (PAI). Ouédraogo was Minister of Equipment and Telecommunication in the first government of

Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist–Leninist revolutionary, and Pan-Africanist, who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his deposition a ...

, from 1983 to 1984. He then represented the

Patriotic League for Development Patriotic League for Development (, LIPAD) was an open mass front of the African Independence Party (PAI) in Burkina Faso. LIPAD was founded in September 1973. LIPAD was led by Arba Diallo. The militants of LIPAD were generally called ''lipadist ...

(''Ligue patriotique pour le développement'', LIPAD), which was the mass front of PAI. Ouédraogo continued to play an important role even after the break between LIPAD and Sankara, and was named chief engineer of mining. Running as the

Party for Democracy and Socialism The Party for Democracy and Socialism (french: Parti pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme) was a registered political party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). In 1999 the African Independence Party (PAI) split, and Soumane Touré formed a ...

(the electoral party of the PAI of Ouédraogo) candidate in the 13 November 2005

presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The pre ...

, Ouédraogo placed fourth out of 13 candidates, receiving 2.28% of the vote.

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1942 births Living people Burkinabé communists African Independence Party (Burkina Faso) politicians Party for Democracy and Socialism politicians Government ministers of Burkina Faso People from Est Region (Burkina Faso) {{BurkinaFaso-politician-stub