Ali Lankoandé is a Burkinabé

Burkinabe

Burkinabé may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa* A person from Burkina Faso, or of Burkinabé descent. For information about the Burkinabé people, see:** Demographics of Burkina Faso** Culture of Burkina Faso...

 politician. He was President of the Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party (PDP/PS) from 2005 to 2008.

Lankoandé headed the National Social Security Fund and served as a deputy in the National Assembly of Burkina Faso

National Assembly of Burkina Faso

The unicameral National Assembly of Burkina Faso is the country's legislative body. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral Parliament, but the upper house was abolished in 2002.-Past composition:...

, as well as Minister of National Education, during the 1970s.

Lankoandé was elected to succeed Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Joseph Ki-Zerbo was a Burkinabé politician and writer. He spent his youth in Toma where he grew up in a rural context inside a big family. Ki-Zerbo himself declared that his first 11 years passed in a rural context marked his personality and thoughts. He was recognized as one of Africa’s foremost...

 as President of the PDP/PS on 5 February 2005. Running as the PDP/PS candidate in the 13 November 2005 presidential election

Burkina Faso presidential elections, 2005

A presidential election was held in Burkina Faso on November 13, 2005. The incumbent president, Blaise Compaoré, was currently leading with about 80% of the vote....

, Lankoandé placed sixth out of 13 candidates, receiving 1.74% of the vote.