Pierre Claver Damiba Explained

Pierre Claver Damiba
Birth Date:1937 2, df=y
Birth Place:Koupéla, French Upper Volta, French West Africa
Death Place:Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Nationality:Burkinabè
Occupation:Economist
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Upper Volta
Term Start:1978
Term End:1980
Term Start1:1971
Term End1:1974
Office2:Minister of Planning and Public Works
Term Start2:January 1966
Term End2:February 1971

Pierre Claver Damiba (14 February 1937 – 1 May 2024) was a Burkinabè economist and politician.[1] [2]

Biography

Born in Koupéla on 14 February 1937, Damiba was the brother of journalist and diplomat Noellie Marie Béatri Damiba. He served as Minister of Planning and Public Works from 1966 to 1971 and was a member of the National Assembly from 1971 to 1974 and from 1978 to 1980.[3] He was the first Executive President of the West African Development Bank, located in Togo. He was then an African advisor to the International Finance Corporation and African regional director of the United Nations Development Programme.[4]

Damiba died in Ouagadougou on 1 May 2024, at the age of 87.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 1967. Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 564-585. Washington. Joint Publications Research Service. 65.
  2. News: 1 May 2024. Burkina Faso : Décès de l’ancien ministre Pierre Claver DAMIBA. French. NetAfrique.net. 2 May 2024.
  3. Web site: La participation des femmes à la vie politique au Burkina (1957 - 2009). 2011. Université du Québec à Montréal. French.
  4. Web site: Pierre Claver DAMIBA. Institut supérieur de sécurité humaine. French.
  5. News: Sidwaya. J.K.. 1 May 2024. Burkina Faso: l’ex-ministre Pierre Claver Damiba s’en est allé. French. Les Editions Sidwaya. 2 May 2024.