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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo

1942 - Today

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Jean-Baptiste Philippe Ouédraogo (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist filip wedʁaɔɡo]; born 30 June 1942), also referred to by his initials JBO, is a Burkinabé physician and retired military officer who served as President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983. He has since mediated a few national political disputes and operates a clinic in Somgandé. Ouédraogo received his early education in Upper Volta before joining the Upper Voltan Army and studying medicine abroad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo has received more than 214,582 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo is the 12,318th most popular politician (down from 11,419th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (up from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Burkinabe Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo ranks 12,318 out of 19,576. Before him are Putra of Perlis, Siaka Stevens, Edward Bruce, Vyacheslav Volodin, Hédi Baccouche, and Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg. After him are Ruth Fischer, Andrei Zhelyabov, Carlos María de Alvear, Hamadi Jebali, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, and Shah Shujah Durrani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo ranks 329. Before him are Shukri Ghanem, Irm Hermann, Toyohiro Akiyama, Bill Ivy, Erika Blanc, and Chantal Goya. After him are Adolf Ogi, Dick Parry, Huey P. Newton, Phil Esposito, Kenneth Welsh, and János Farkas.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo ranks 8 out of 49. Before him are Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Michel Kafando (1942), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Saye Zerbo (1932), and Philippe Ouédraogo (1945). After him are Yacouba Sawadogo (1946), Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965), Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956), Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (1981), and Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), Michel Kafando (1942), Maurice Yaméogo (1921), and Saye Zerbo (1932). After him are Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (1958), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925), and Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954).

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