Simon Compaoré (born 19 September, 1952Page at petiteacademie.gov.bf
.) is a Burkinabé politician who served as Mayor of

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 ...

, the capital of Burkina Faso, from 1995 to 2012. He was a prominent member of the ruling

Congress for Democracy and Progress The Congress for Democracy and Progress (french: Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, ''CDP'') was the ruling party in Burkina Faso from 1996 until the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré in 2014. History The party was founded in February 199 ...

(CDP), but he left the CDP and participated in the formation of the opposition

People's Movement for Progress The People's Movement for Progress (french: Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès, MPP) is a political party in Burkina Faso that was founded on 25 January 2014 by former Congress for Democracy and Progress member Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Ka ...

(MPP) in 2014. Following the MPP's victory in the 2015 election, he was appointed to the government. He has served as Minister of State for Internal Security since January 2016, and he also held the ministerial portfolio for territorial administration from January 2016 to February 2017.

Life and career

Compaoré was born in Ouagadougou. He became mayor of the capital in 1995. He was a prominent member of the ruling

(CDP) and in 1997 served as its Secretary General. He was re-elected as Mayor of Ouagadougou in 2000 and was additionally elected to the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

in the May 2002 parliamentary election. He was re-elected as Mayor in 2005 and re-elected to the National Assembly in the May 2007 parliamentary election. Compaoré, along with a number of other prominent figures in the CDP, announced his resignation from the party on 6 January 2014. Those who resigned said that the party was being run in an undemocratic and damaging manner, and they expressed opposition to plans to amend the constitution to eliminate term limits, which would allow President

Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)''Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders'' (2003), page 76–77.

to stand for re-election in 2015. A new opposition party led by the prominent CDP members who resigned, the People's Movement for Progress (MPP), was founded on 25 January 2014."Blaise wants compromise"
''Africa Confidential'', volume 55, number 3, 7 February 2014.

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (; born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and Pr ...

was President of the MPP, while Simon Compaoré was its Second Vice-President. After Kaboré was elected as President of Burkina Faso, Simon Compaoré was appointed to the government as Minister of State for Territorial Administration and Internal Security on 12 January 2016. Within days, he faced a serious security threat when Islamist militants attacked a hotel in Ouagadougou on 15 January. In the government appointed on 20 February 2017, Compaoré's responsibilities were reduced, as Siméon Sawadogo was appointed to replace him as Minister of Territorial Administration, but he remained in the government as Minister of State for Internal Security.Nadoun Coulibaly
"Burkina : Roch Marc Christian Kaboré retouche son gouvernement"
''Jeune Afrique'', 21 February 2017 .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Compaore, Simon Mayors of Ouagadougou Mayors of places in Burkina Faso Members of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso 1952 births Living people Congress for Democracy and Progress politicians People from Ouagadougou 21st-century Burkinabé people