Soumane Touré
Soumane Touré | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1948 Diébougou, French Upper Volta |
| Died | 25 March 2021 (aged 73) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Political party | Party of Independence, Labour and Justice |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Occupation | Politician, trade unionist |
Soumane Touré (14 March 1948 – 25 March 2021) was a Burkinabé politician and trade unionist. He was a prominent student activist during his youth and joined the communist African Independence Party (PAI). He served as the general secretary of the Burkinabé Trade Union Confederation (CSB) for many years and was a prominent leader of the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) mass movement. He was arrested on several occasions by different governments and even sentenced to death in 1987, only escaping execution through an intervention by then president Thomas Sankara. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2002 and ran for president in 2005.