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Blaise Compaoré

1951 - Today

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Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951) is a Burkinabé-Ivorian former politician who served as the second president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a close associate of the first president, Thomas Sankara, during the 1980s and in October 1987 he led a coup d'état during which Sankara was killed. Subsequently, he introduced a policy of 'rectification', overturning the leftist and Third Worldist policies pursued by Sankara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blaise Compaoré has received more than 1,465,734 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Blaise Compaoré is the 3,108th most popular politician (up from 3,523rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Burkina Faso and the 2nd most popular Burkinabe Politician.

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  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Blaise Compaoré ranks 3,108 out of 19,576. Before him are Amalaric, David of Trebizond, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Hystaspes, Kilij Arslan II, and Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz. After him are Paul Kruger, Haman, Ranavalona III, Razia Sultana, Herod II, and Antonio José de Sucre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Blaise Compaoré ranks 33. Before him are Jane Seymour, Juan Manuel Santos, Traian Băsescu, Jill Biden, Kevin Keegan, and Sergei Skripal. After him are Queen Noor of Jordan, Elio Di Rupo, Nikolai Patrushev, Bertie Ahern, Chris Rea, and Kenny Dalglish.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré ranks 2 out of 49. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949). After him are Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Michel Kafando (1942), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Saye Zerbo (1932), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Yacouba Sawadogo (1946), Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965), Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), and Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré ranks 2. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949). After him are Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Michel Kafando (1942), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), and Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925).

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