Noellie Marie Béatri Damiba (born 31 December 1951) is a Burkinabé

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and

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from Burkina Faso. Damiba was born in

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. From 1994 to 2003, she served as her country's Ambassador in

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and from 2003 to 2008 as the Ambassador in

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Life and work

Called Béatrice Damiba, she was born on 31 December 1951 in

and earned her bachelor's and master's degree in journalism at the

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before beginning her reporting career with the

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weekly newspaper ''Carrefour Africain'', moving to the daily '' Sidwaya'' in 1984. Beginning in 1983, she held several political responsibilities: press secretary to the Prime Minister in 1983, high commissioner of Bazèga (1984 to 1985), minister of the Environment and Tourism (1985 to 1989), minister of Information and Culture (1989 to 1991), communications advisor to the Presidency (1992 to 1994), before becoming ambassador of Burkina Faso to Italy (1994 to 2003), then to Austria (2003 to 2008). She became president of the Superior Council of Communication in 2008 and was the first woman to occupy this position.

Family

She is the sister of Pierre Claver Damiba (who was also a minister and then a deputy).

Selected awards and honors

Béatrice Damiba has received of the following distinctions. * Torch of the Revolution (bronze, silver) * Officer of Merit of Arts, Letters and Communication of Burkina Faso * Knight Grand Cross of the

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* Grand-croix de l'ordre ''pro Merito Melitensi'' * Commander of the National Order of the Lion of Senegal * Commander of the National Order of Burkina Faso (2005) * Honorary Diploma in Water and Forestry Engineer of Burkina Faso * Honorary citizen of the town of Marciano in Italy * Medal of Honor from the Rotary Club ''Apia Antica'' of Rome * Diploma of honor of the ''Fiaccola della Carità'' Movement of Italy

Diplomatic Posts

References

External links

* Béatrice Damiba, interview by Evelyne Ilboudo, Quarterly Review of the Club of African Diplomacy Professionals, 23 August 2004 (Interview rchive/small>), * Béatrice Damiba, interview by Mounira Kere, Women of Value with Béatrice DAMIBA, former president of the CSC archive /small>, Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Burkina, August 28, 2021 (consulted 4 December 2022). {{DEFAULTSORT:Damiba, Noellie 1951 births Burkinabe journalists Living people Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to Austria Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to Italy Burkinabe women ambassadors People from Centre-Est Region 20th-century Burkinabe people 21st-century Burkinabe people