Blaise Compaor?/title><meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../wikistatic.css"></head> <body bgcolor='#FFFFFF'><br> <div id=topbar><table width='98%' border=0><tr><td><a href="http://www.wacklepedia.com/" title="Wacklepedia">Wacklepedia Home Page</a> | <a href="Blaise_Compaor? title="Blaise Compaor?></a></b> | <a href="../../abc.html">Index</a></td> <td align=right nowrap></td></tr></table></div> <br> <div id=article2><div align="right"><table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" align="right"><tr> </tr></table></div><h1>Blaise Compaor?/h1><table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right"> <caption><font size="+1"><strong>Blaise Compaor?/strong></font></caption> <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2"> <em>place image here</em></td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Became President:</strong></td><td><A HREF="../../o/oc/october_15.html" title="October 15">October 15</A>, <A HREF="../../1/19/1987.html" title="1987">1987</A></td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Predecessor:</strong></td><td><A HREF="../../t/th/thomas_sankara.html" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</A></td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Date of Birth:</strong></td><td><A HREF="../../f/fe/february_3.html" title="February 3">February 3</A>, <A HREF="../../1/19/1951.html" title="1951">1951</A></td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Place of Birth:</strong></td><td><A HREF="../../o/ou/ouagadougou.html" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</A> </td></tr> <tr> </tr> </table><p> <strong>Blaise Compaor?/strong>, born on February 3, 1951 in Ouagadougou, <A HREF="../../u/up/upper_volta.html" title="Upper Volta">Upper Volta</A> (now <A HREF="../bu/burkina_faso.html" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</A>). Burkina Faso politician became president on October 15, 1987 by a bloody coup d'?at that killed his predecessor <A HREF="../../t/th/thomas_sankara.html" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</A>. <p> <p> <center> <table border="1"> <tr> <td width="30%" align="center"><strong>Preceded by</strong>:<br> <A HREF="../../t/th/thomas_sankara.html" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</A></td> <td width="40%" align="center"><A HREF="../../l/li/list_of_presidents_of_burkina_faso.html" title="List of Presidents of Burkina Faso">President of Burkina Faso</A></td> <td width="30%" align="center"><strong>Succeeded by</strong>:<br> -</td> </tr> </table> </center></div><br><div id=footer><table border=0><tr><td> </td></tr></table></div><br><script type="text/javascript" src="../../googlead.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br><script language="javascript" src="../../footer.js"></script><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-57414-7";urchinTracker();</script></body>  </html>