Youssouf Ouédraogo

**Youssouf Ouédraogo** (25 December 1952 – 18 November 2017) was a Burkinabe politician.

In 1992 he became the first Prime Minister of Burkina Faso since 1983, serving from 16 June 1992 to 22 March 1994. Ouédraogo, a member of the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), later served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from January 1999 to June 2007.

## Biography

Ouédraogo was born in Tikaré, in Bam Province. Under Thomas Sankara, Ouédraogo was appointed to the government as Minister of Planning and Popular Development on 31 August 1984, remaining in that position for three years. Shortly after Sankara was assassinated in October 1987, Ouédraogo became Minister for the Plan and Cooperation under Blaise Compaoré. He left that position on 25 April 1989 and became President of the Economic and Social Council, in which position he served until he was elected to the National Assembly as a deputy from Bam in the May 1992 parliamentary election. He was appointed as Prime Minister by Compaoré on 16 June 1992.

The CFA franc was devaluated in January 1994, and this was followed by controversy. Ouédraogo signed an agreement with trade unions to raise salaries on 12 March 1994, but the agreement fell through and Ouédraogo resigned a few days later. He then served as Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and the European Union before being appointed as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in January 1999.

Ouédraogo was elected to the National Assembly again in the 2007 parliamentary election as a candidate of the CDP from Bam Province. In the government of Prime Minister Tertius Zongo, which was appointed on 10 June 2007, he was replaced as Foreign Minister by Djibrill Bassolé. He subsequently became Special Adviser to the President of the African Development Bank.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Youssouf Ouédraogo
- **birth place**: Tikaré, Burkina Faso, Tikaré, Burkina Faso
- **death place**: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- **image**: Ouedraogo.jpg
- **order**: Special Adviser to the President of African Development Bank
- **term start**: September 2007
- **term end**: 18 November 2017
- **president**: Donald Kaberuka
- **order2**: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Burkina Faso), Minister of Foreign Affairs
- **term start2**: January 1999
- **term end2**: June 2007
- **president2**: Blaise Compaoré
- **primeminister2**: Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo
Paramanga Ernest Yonli
- **order3**: Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Belgium, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands and European Union
- **term start3**: March 1994
- **term end3**: January 1999
- **president3**: Blaise Compaoré
- **order4**: List of Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
- **term start4**: 16 June 1992
- **term end4**: 22 March 1994
- **president4**: Blaise Compaoré
- **predecessor4**: Thomas Sankara
- **successor4**: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
- **order5**: President of Social and Economic Council
- **term start5**: April 1989
- **term end5**: May 1992
- **order6**: Minister of Planning and Cooperation
- **term start6**: October 1987
- **term end6**: April 1989
- **president6**: Blaise Compaoré
- **primeminister6**: Unoccupied position
- **order7**: Minister of Planning and Popular Development
- **term start7**: August 1984
- **term end7**: October 1987
- **president7**: Thomas Sankara
- **primeminister7**: Unoccupied position