 See also History of Burkina Faso Upper Volta 02 Category:Attempted coups d'état Upper Volta 02 1983 02 Upper Voltan coup d'etat attempt 1983 02 1983 02 Upper Voltan coup d'etat attempt Category:February 1983 events in Afr
President Ouédraogo would however not remain in power for long – large protest against his rule began on 17 May, after he purged the government of several radicals including Captain Thomas Sankara. Within a few months, he was deposed in a coup on 3 August, led by Captain Blaise Compaoré, who made his close friend Sankara President. This began a period of societal transformation in Upper Volta, soon renamed Burkina Faso by the left-wing revolutionary Sankara, who himself would be overthrown in 1987 by Compaoré. See also History of Burkina Faso Upper Volta 02 Category:Attempted coups d'état Upper Volta 02 1983 02 Upper Voltan coup d'etat attempt Upper Volta 02 1983 02 Upper Voltan coup d'etat attempt Category:February 1983 events in Afr
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President Ouédraogo would however not remain in power for long – large protest against his rule began on 17 May, after he purged the government of several radicals including Captain Thomas Sankara. Within a few months, he was deposed in a coup on 3 August, led by Captain Blaise Compaoré, who made his close friend Sankara President. This began a period of societal transformation in Upper Volta, soon renamed Burkina Faso by the left-wing revolutionary Sankara, who himself would be overthrown in 1987 by Compaoré.
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Upper Volta