Yacouba Isaac Zida
Isaac Zida | |
|---|---|
Zida in 2015 | |
| Head of State of Burkina Faso | |
Interim | |
| In office 1 November 2014 – 18 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Honoré Traoré (as interim head of state) |
| Succeeded by | Michel Kafando (as interim President) |
| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
Interim | |
| In office 18 November 2014 – 17 September 2015 | |
| President | Michel Kafando (Interim) |
| Preceded by | Luc-Adolphe Tiao |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| In office 23 September 2015 – 28 December 2015 | |
| President | Michel Kafando (Interim) |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | Paul Kaba Thieba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1965 Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Burkina Faso |
| Branch/service | Army of Burkina Faso |
| Years of service | Until 2017 |
| Rank | Divisional General |
| Unit | Regiment of Presidential Security (until 2015) |
| *Kafando was briefly deposed from 17 September 2015 – 23 September 2015 by Gilbert Diendéré. | |
Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 16 November 1965) is a Burkinabé military officer and politician, who served as the Interim Head of State of Burkina Faso in November 2014.
Zida took power on an interim basis in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, sidelining a more senior officer, Honoré Nabéré Traoré. A few weeks later, power was handed over to a civilian Head of State, Michel Kafando, with the intention of leading the country until the next election. Zida was subsequently appointed Interim Prime Minister by Kafando. Zida was briefly ousted from power in the 2015 coup attempt by the Presidential Security Regiment before power was restored and the regiment was disbanded.