Simon Compaoré is a Burkinabé

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, currently serving as Mayor of Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic center of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 1,475,223 . The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais...

, the capital of Burkina Faso. He is also a prominent member of the Congress for Democracy and Progress

Congress for Democracy and Progress

The Congress for Democracy and Progress is the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. Its President is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré....

 and in 1997 was Secretary General of the party.

Compaoré was born in Ouagadougou. He was elected as Mayor of Ouagadougou in 2000 and was additionally elected to the National Assembly

National Assembly of Burkina Faso

The unicameral National Assembly of Burkina Faso is the country's legislative body. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral Parliament, but the upper house was abolished in 2002.-Past composition:...

 in the May 2002 parliamentary election. He was re-elected as Mayor in 2005, and he was re-elected to the National Assembly in the May 2007 parliamentary election

Burkinabe parliamentary election, 2007

A parliamentary election was held in Burkina Faso on 6 May 2007. The ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress won 73 out of 111 seats....

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