Zéphirin Diabré (born 26 August 1959) is a Burkinabé politician. He served in the Government of Burkina Faso as

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from 1994 to 1996.

Biography

Diabré is an economist by training and holds a doctorate in management sciences from the Faculty of Economics and Management ( BEM Management School) of

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. He joined the

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in 1987 as assistant professor of management before joining the private sector between 1989 and 1992 as deputy director of Brakina. He was elected MP in

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under the banner of the

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(ODP–MT), but gave up his seat to his deputy to become Minister of Trade, Industry and Mines the same year. He remained in the post until becoming Minister of Economics and Finance in 1994. Between 1996 and 1997 he served as President of the Economic and Social Council. He later left the

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(created as a result of the merger of the ODP–MT and other parties) following policy disagreement. He became a researcher at the American

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, then Associate Administrator of the

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and then Africa and Middle East director of the

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. On 1 March 2010, he was one of the founding members the Union for Progress and Reform (UPC), an opposition political party that advocates democratic change and "real change" in Burkina Faso. He was the UPC candidate in the November 2015 presidential election, placing second behind

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (; born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and Pre ...

. On July 25, 2020, Zéphirin Diabré, was invested in Ouagadougou by his party, the Union for Progress and Change (UPC), presidential candidate in November 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diabre, Zephirin Living people 1959 births Ministers of finance of Burkina Faso Economy ministers of Burkina Faso Trade ministers of Burkina Faso Industry ministers of Burkina Faso Union for Progress and Reform politicians People from Ouagadougou Harvard Institute for International Development 21st-century Burkinabe people