Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (born 1949)

Thomas Sankara

President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 1983, following his takeover in a coup, until his assassination in 1987.

List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

The president of Burkina Faso is the head of state of Burkina Faso and as well as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso. It is the highest office in Burkina Faso and has significant executive power, including appointing the prime minister and other…