Albert Ouédraogo

Albert Ouédraogo
Albert Ouédraogo
	Ouédraogo in 2022
Interim Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
	In office; 3 March 2022 – 30 September 2022
President	Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Preceded by	Lassina Zerbo
Succeeded by	Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla
Personal details
Born	6 April 1969 (age 55); Dori, Séno, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)

Albert Ouédraogo (born 6 April 1969) is a Burkinabé economist who served as prime minister of Burkina Faso in the aftermath of the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, from 3 March until another coup on 30 September.^[1]

Early life and education

Albert Ouédraogo was born on 6 April 1969, in Dori, Séno. He studied partly at the Prytanée militaire de Kadiogo before continuing his education at the University of Ouagadougou, where he was excluded from studies during the 1990s for leading a student strike.^[2] He holds a doctorate in management science.^[3]

Career

Albert Ouédraogo has taught in several public and private universities in Burkina Faso. In particular, Ouédraogo taught accounting at the University of Ouagadougou as well as at the private university Aube Nouvelle.^[4]

He also consults businesses on management and economics.^[2]

He was appointed as prime minister by President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on 3 March 2022, following his official inauguration.^[5] His term as prime minister ended following the September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état.

Private life

Albert Ouédraogo is close friends with Pierre Claver Damiba, the president of the West African Development Bank from 1975 to 1981, and the uncle of former Burkinabé President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.^[2]

Ouédraogo is married and has 2 children.^[3]