Youssouf Sambo Bâ 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 and retired teacher. He is the President of the Party for Democracy and Socialism

Party for Democracy and Socialism

The Party for Democracy and Socialism is a registered political party in Burkina Faso .In 1999 the African Independence Party split, and Soumane Touré formed a parallel PAI...

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Bâ was headmaster of Collège d'Enseignement Général in Bobo-Dioulasso

Bobo-Dioulasso

Bobo-Dioulasso is a city with a population of about 435,543 , the second largest city in Burkina Faso, Africa, after Ouagadougou, the nation's capital. The name means literally, "home of the Jula who speak Bobo," and is possibly a creation of the French who misunderstood the identity complexities...

 from 1974 to 1977.

On January 7, 1983 Bâ was named Cabinet Director of the Ministry of National Education, Arts and Culture, by the ruling CSP junta.

Sambo Bâ was 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 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....

as a candidate on the PDS national list. He was one of only two PDS candidates to win a seat.