Michel Kafando
Michel Kafando | |
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Kafando in 2015 | |
| President of Burkina Faso | |
Interim | |
| In office 23 September 2015 – 29 December 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Yacouba Isaac Zida |
| Preceded by | Gilbert Diendéré (as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy) Chérif Sy (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré |
| In office 18 November 2014 – 17 September 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Yacouba Isaac Zida |
| Preceded by | Yacouba Isaac Zida |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert Diendéré (as Chairman of the National Council for Democracy) Chérif Sy (Acting) |
| Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United Nations | |
| In office 15 April 1998 – 5 July 2011 | |
| President | Blaise Compaoré |
| Preceded by | Gaëtan Rimwanguiya Ouédraogo |
| Succeeded by | Der Kogda |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 30 September 1982 – 4 August 1983 | |
| President | Saye Zerbo Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo |
| Preceded by | Félix Tientarboum |
| Succeeded by | Hama Arba Diallo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1942 Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) |
| Spouse | Marie Kafando |
| Alma mater | University of Bordeaux Sciences Po Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Paris-Sorbonne University |
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Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé diplomat and politician, who served as Interim President of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2015. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and as Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the United Nations from 1998 to 2011.
Following the resignation of President Blaise Compaoré amidst the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, Kafando was chosen by the interim military administration until the next elections. Kafando was briefly ousted in the September 2015 coup attempt by the Regiment of Presidential Security, but he ultimately restored power within a week and disbanded the regiment. Elections took place shortly thereafter, and Kafando was succeeded by Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in December 2015.