Frédéric Fernand Guirma (27 April 1931 – 9 January 2024) was a Burkinabé diplomat, writer and politician. In 1959 he became the president of the

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centre CATC.Kabeya Muase, Charles.
Syndicalisme et démocratie en Afrique noire: l'expérience du Burkina Faso, 1936-1988
'. Abidjan: Inadès édition, 1988. p. 55 From 1960 to 1963 he was the

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's first

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to the United States and his country's Permanent Representative to the

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. He headed the

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political party Front de Refus or RDA. He gained 5.87% of the vote in the 1998 presidential election. Guirma died on 9 January 2024, at the age of 92.

Literary works

*''Princess of the full moon'' (African folklore), 1969 *'' Tales of Mogho: African Stories from Upper Volta'', 1971

References

1931 births 2024 deaths Burkinabe writers Burkinabe politicians Burkinabe diplomats Burkinabe trade unionists Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to the United States Permanent representatives of Burkina Faso to the United Nations People from Ouagadougou 21st-century Burkinabe people {{BurkinaFaso-politician-stub