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Saye Zerbo

Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
Saye Zerbo (born August 27, 1932) was a President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso , also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and C?te d'Ivoire to the south west....
) from November 25, 1980 to November 7, 1982. He led a coup in 1980, but was resisted by trade unions and was overthrown by Maj. Dr.Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo

Tougan

Tougan is a town located in the province of Sourou in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Sourou Province....
in Sourou Province

Sourou Province

Sourou is one of the 45 Provinces of Burkina Faso of Burkina Faso, located in its Hauts-Bassins Region.Its capital is Tougan.Sourou is divided into 8 departments:...
in the western part of the country. He went to school in Mali

Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the C?te d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west....
and Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis, Senegal

Saint-Louis, or Ndar as it is called in Wolof language, is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 km north of Senegal's Capital City Dakar, it has a population officially estimated at 176,000 in 2005....
, Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the S?n?gal River in West Africa. Senegal is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south....
. Then he joined the French military and attended the military academy

Military academy

A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the Army, the Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard or provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned....
Saint-Cyr

École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

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Colonel

Burkina Faso

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo

Tougan

Tougan is a town located in the province of Sourou in Burkina Faso. It is the capital of Sourou Province....
in Sourou Province

Sourou Province

Mali

Saint-Louis, Senegal

Senegal

Military academy

École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

Paratrooper

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, Zerbo took part in both the First Indochina War

First Indochina War

The First Indochina War was fought in French Indochina from December 19, 1946, until August 1, 1954, between the French Union?s French Far East Expeditionary Corps, led by France and supported by B?o ??i?s Vietnamese National Army against the Vi?t Minh, led by H? Ch? Minh and V? Nguy?n Gi?p....
as well as the Algerian War of Independence

Algerian War of Independence

The Algerian War , also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria's independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians, use of torture on both sides and counter-terrorism operations by the French Army....
. After the Upper Volta's independence from France

France

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in 1960, he switched into that country's army in 1961.

In the military government

Military dictatorship

A military dictatorship is a form of government wherein the political power resides with the military. It is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military....
of Sangoulé Lamizana

Sangoulé Lamizana

Major General Aboubakar Sangoul? Lamizana was List of Presidents of Burkina Faso , in power from January 3, 1966 to November 25, 1980. He held the additional position of Prime Minister from February 8, 1974 to July 7, 1978....
, who ruled Upper Volta from 1966, Saye Zerbo was foreign minister

Foreign minister

A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet Political minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign nation....
from 1974 to 1976. He also held the positions of commander of the regiment in the capital Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou is the Capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic center of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 1,475,223 National 2006 census final results ....
and director of the military intelligence agency

Intelligence agency

An intelligence agency is a Government Government agency that is devoted to the information gathering for purposes of national security and Defense ....
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On November 25, 1980, Zerbo staged a coup against President Lamizana, who had been re-elected democratically in 1978, and took on the positions of head of state

Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
and government

Head of government

The head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet . In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled Prime Minister, President of the Government, Premier, etc....
. The constitution, which had been introduced in 1977, was suspended and the Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress (Comité Militaire de Redressement pour le Progrès National; CMPRN) established. The trade unions in the country

Trade unions in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked African country located in the middle of West Africa. It has a population of 13.9 million people.Workers have the right to organise trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and strike for better pay and working conditions....
opposed his seizure of power, although they had supported Zerbo for a long time, and on November 7, 1982, Saye Zerbo was deposed in another coup d'état. He was succeeded by Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo

Major Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ou?draogo was President of Republic of Upper Volta from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983, when he was overthrown in a coup d??tat which brought Thomas Sankara into power....
as the head of the Council of Popular Salvation (Conseil du Salut du Peuple; CSP).

After being deposed, Zerbo was also incarcerated. On August 4, 1983, Ouédraogo was deposed by Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

Captain Thomas Isidore No?l Sankara was the leader of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. While noted for his personal charisma and praised for promoting health and women's rights, he also antagonised many vested interests in the country....
. In May 1984, Zerbo and Lamizana were put on trial for various crimes. Zerbo was indicted to 15 years in prison. During his imprisonment, Zerbo converted from Islam

Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
to Christianity

Christianity

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. He was released from jail in August 1985. After Blaise Compaoré

Blaise Compaoré

Blaise Compaor? has been the President of Burkina Faso since 1987. He is the founder of the ruling political party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress....
had deposed Sankara he sought Zerbo's advice. His conviction from 1984 was annulled on February 18, 1997 by the supreme court of Burkina Faso.

Zerbo's third daughter Araba Kadiatou Zerbo is married to the former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Paramanga Ernest Yonli

Paramanga Ernest Yonli

File:Paramanga Ernest Yonli with Bush.jpgParamanga Ernest Yonli, also known as Ernest Paramanga Yonli , was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso of Burkina Faso from November 7, 2000 to June 11, 2007....
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