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Michel Kafando

1942 - Today

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Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé diplomat who served as the transitional President of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2015. He served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983 and was the Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of Burkina Faso to the United Nations from 1998 to 2011. Following the resignation of President Blaise Compaoré amidst mass protests on 31 October 2014, Kafando was chosen to serve as President during a year-long transitional period leading to the next election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Kafando has received more than 245,433 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Michel Kafando is the 5,947th most popular politician (up from 7,492nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Burkina Faso (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Burkinabe Politician.

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  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michel Kafando ranks 5,947 out of 15,577. Before him are Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Matvei Zakharov, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, Hayato Ikeda, and Al-Musta'in. After him are Sayri Túpac, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Meresankh III, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Bob Dole, and Magdalena Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Michel Kafando ranks 146. Before him are Christopher A. Sims, Linda Evans, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Felice Gimondi, Étienne Balibar, and Vasily Alekseyev. After him are Michel Fourniret, Nicole Fontaine, Sigfried Held, Robert Ballard, Rei Kawakubo, and Silvia Federici.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando ranks 4 out of 38. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), and Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957). After him are Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Saye Zerbo (1932), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), and Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando ranks 4. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), and Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957). After him are Maurice Yaméogo (1921), Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), and Paul Kaba Thieba (1959).

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