Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Damiba in 2022
Interim President of Burkina Faso
In office
31 January 2022 – 30 September 2022
Prime MinisterAlbert Ouédraogo
Preceded byRoch Marc Christian Kaboré
Succeeded byIbrahim Traoré
President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
In office
24 January 2022 – 30 September 2022
DeputySidsoré Kader Ouédraogo
Succeeded byIbrahim Traoré
Minister of National Defence and Veterans
In office
12 September 2022[1] – 30 September 2022
Prime MinisterAlbert Ouédraogo
Preceded byAimé Barthélemy Simporé
Succeeded byKassoum Coulibaly[2]
Personal details
BornJanuary 1981 (1981-01) (age 43)
Ouagadougou,[citation needed] Upper Volta
(now Burkina Faso)
Alma materÉcole militaire
Conservatoire national
des arts et métiers
Military service
Allegiance Burkina Faso
Branch/serviceArmy of Burkina Faso
Years of service2003–2022
RankLieutenant colonel
Unit RSP (until 2011)
Military career
Battles/warsIslamist insurgency
Burkinabé coups d'état:

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (French: [pɔl ɑ̃ʁi sɑ̃daɔɡɔ damiba]; born January[citation needed] 1981[3]) is a Burkinabè military officer who served as interim president of Burkina Faso from 31 January 2022 to 30 September 2022, when he was removed in a coup d'état, by his own military colleague Ibrahim Traoré. Damiba had come to power just eight months earlier, on 24 January 2022, when he removed President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in a coup.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Burkina Faso's military leader sacks defence minister amid jihadist attacks". France 24. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Burkina establishes 'government on war footing': PM". France 24. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference whois was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Fresh from promotion, Burkina Faso writer-colonel leads a coup". Reuters. 24 January 2022. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Burkina Faso restores constitution, names coup leader president". Al Jazeera. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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