Luc-Adolphe Tiao
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Luc-Adolphe Tiao is a Burkinabé
politician and diplomat. Tiao was appointed Prime Minister of Burkina Faso by President Blaise Compaore
on 18 April 2011. He had been the country's ambassador to France
since 2008, and became Prime Minister after protests by students, military personnel and police.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
politician and diplomat. Tiao was appointed Prime Minister of Burkina Faso by President Blaise Compaore
Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré has been the President of Burkina Faso since 1987 following a coup d'état that ousted then-President Thomas Sankara. In 2011, a mutiny by soldiers over unpaid housing allowances forced him to flee the capital for his hometown...
on 18 April 2011. He had been the country's 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...
since 2008, and became Prime Minister after protests by students, military personnel and police.