Henri Guissou was a Burkinabé politician and diplomat.

Henri Guissou was senator from Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

 from 1947 to 1948, and member for French Upper Volta

French Upper Volta

Upper Volta was a colony of French West Africaestablished on March 1, 1919, from territories that had been part of the colonies of Upper Senegal and Niger and the Côte d'Ivoire...

 to the National Assembly of France from 1949 to 1959, Guissou also served in the French Senate

French Senate

The Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of France, presided over by a president.The Senate enjoys less prominence than the lower house, the directly elected National Assembly; debates in the Senate tend to be less tense and generally enjoy less media coverage.-History:France's first...

 from 1947-1948. From 1948 to 1952 he was member for Koudougou of the Territorial Assembly of French Upper Volta

French Upper Volta

Upper Volta was a colony of French West Africaestablished on March 1, 1919, from territories that had been part of the colonies of Upper Senegal and Niger and the Côte d'Ivoire...

. A political leader of the Voltaic Union

Voltaic Union

Voltaic Union was a political party in Upper Volta. It was formed soon after World War II on the initiative of the French governor Albert Mouragues, and Mouragues was accused of interference in the June 1948 local elections on behalf of the party...

, he founded the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses

Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses

Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Joseph Conombo and Henri Guissou...

 (PSEMA) with Joseph Conombo

Joseph Conombo

Joseph Issoufou Conombo served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta from 7 July 1978 to 25 November 1980...

 in 1955, which joined the Unified Democratic Party

Unified Democratic Party

Unified Democratic Party , was, despite its name, not a political party but an electoral alliance of two parties, the Voltaic Democratic Union and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses , ahead of the 1958 territorial assembly elections in Upper Volta...

 (PDU) in the following year. He became a diplomat for the new Republic of Upper Volta

Republic of Upper Volta

The Republic of Upper Volta was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960 it attained full independence from France.Thomas Sankara came to power...

: after briefly representing Upper Volta at the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 from February to May 1961, he was Ambassador to France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 from 1961 to 1964, Ambassador to West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

from 1966 to 1976, and Ambassador to France from 1966 until his retirement in 1976.