Honoré Traoré | |
Office: | Head of State of Burkina Faso |
Status: | Interim |
Term Start: | 31 October 2014 |
Term End: | 1 November 2014 |
Birth Date: | 28 September 1957 |
Birth Place: | Dédougou, Burkina Faso |
Party: | None |
Allegiance: | Burkina Faso |
Branch: | Army of Burkina Faso |
Rank: | General |
General Honoré Nabéré Traoré (born 28 September 1957)[1] is a Burkinabé soldier who assumed leadership of Burkina Faso immediately after the resignation of Blaise Compaoré amidst the 2014 Burkinabé uprising.[2] He served for one day, before he and other officials from the interim military administration declared Isaac Zida to be Interim Head of State until power could be handed over to a civilian government that would oversee elections.[3] [4]
Prior to entering national politics, Traoré had served as Compaoré's aide de camp.[5]