Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Ministers of
Burkina Faso/République Populaire de Burkina (till 1984 Upper Volta), Female Suffrage
1946/56) Independent 1960
1958
Minister of Social
Welfare,
Housing and Labour
Célestine Ouezzin Coulibaly
née Makouau Traoré
1958-59 Minister of Social Affaris
and Labour
Widow of Premier Minister Daniel
Ouëzzin Coulibaly who died 1958. His successor,
Maurice Yaméogo, appointed her to the cabinet. 1959-61 she was Representative of
the Republic of Upper Volta (Haute-Vota) in the Senate of the French Community
and Deputy in 1959.
1974-78 Secretary of State for
Social Affairs Madame Traoré Moïse Alassane née Fatimata Sigué
1978-89 Minister of Social Affairs
and the Condition of Women
Also known as
Fatimata Traoré
1978-80 Minister of National
Education and Culture Konaté Domba
1980-83 Minister of Social Affairs
and Women Marie-Madeleine Sansu Koné
1983-85 Minister of Justice
Marie-Louise Mignau
1983-85 Minister of Social Affairs
and Women Pauline Kambou Hien
1985-87 Minister of Culture
Bernadette Sanour
1999-2000 Minister of Rural Integration
Her full name is Sanour Mohammed Soanour Bernadette Topan.
1985-87 Minister of Social- and
Family Affairs Josephine Ouedraego
1987-91 Minister of Finance Bintou
Sango
1987 Minister of Commerce N.N.
1987 Minister of Culture Aminata
Salambéré née Ouedraogo
1987-92 Secretary of State for Culture
In 1981-84 Secretary General FESPA, 1984-86 Press Attaché in the Embassy in
France, 1986-87 Secretary General of the Ministry of Education, 1992- Director
General of Culture and Communication of the Agency of Cultural and Technical
Co-operation in Paris. Mother of 5 daughters (b. 1942- )
1987-91? Minister of Environment
and Tourism Béatrice Damiba
Later Ambassador to Italy and FAO etc.
1987-88 Secretary of State of
Social Action
1988-97 Minister of Basic Education and Mass Alphabetization
1995-97 Minister of Water Supply
1997-99 Minister of Women’s Promotion Alice Solange Kaboret epousé Tiendrébéogo
1990-91 Minister of Trade and
Community Supplies Noélíe Victoire Koné Tou
1991-92 Minister, Secretary General of The Government
From 1975-85 Economic Councillor, Director of International Financial Relations,
1989-90 and 1992-95 Economic Advisor to the President. (b. 1950-)
1991-92 Minister of Culture Noëlle
M. B. Bamiba
1991-92 Minister of Civil Service
and Modernization of Administration
1994-97 Minister of Civil Service and Administration Organization
1997-99 President of the Economic and Social Council
1999-2002 Minister of Civil Service and Institutional Development Juliette Yeredon Yaméogo
Bonkoungou
The Economic and Social Council are the supreme advisory body of the President.
She is a former judge and Head of the Broadcasting Corporation. (b. 1954- )
1991-93 Deputy Minister for Social-
and Family Affairs
1993 Deputy Minister of Social- and Cultural Affairs
1993-94 Deputy Minister for Social- and Family Affairs
1994-95 Minister of Social Affairs and Family Akila Balembaogo Hove Bationi
1991-93 Minister of Youth and
Sports Marlene Zebango
From 1990 Secretary General of Parti de Convergence pour les Libertés et
l'integration.
1991 Minister-Delegate to the
Minister of Special Tasks by the Premier Minister Elisabeth Yanivi née
Ouchraego
1991-95 Minister-Delegate of
Information and Culture in charge of Culture Martine Bounou Tapsoba
1995-99 Minister of Social Welfare
and Family Bona Ouandaogo née Maiga
Between 1985-95 President of Burkina Red Cross, 1994-95 Vice-President of the
Economic and Social Council.
1995-96 Minister-Delegate of Public
Works, Housing and Town Planning
1996-97 Minister of Transport and Tourism
1997-99 Minister of Regional Integration Vivianne Yolande B. Compaoré née
Ouedraogo
Director General of International Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1994-95.
1999- Minister of Promotion of
Women Gisèle Guigma
Her full name is
1999-2000 Deputy Minister of
Finance for Economic Development Anne Konaté née Konde
2000-01 Minister-Delegate of the Prime Minister charged with Economic
Development
2001-02 Minister-Delegate of the Minister of Finance and Economy charged with
Economic Development
She was Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1984-86, 1986-90
Ambassador to Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, The Gambia and
Cape Verde and to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania 1990-99. Mother of one daughter. (b. 1950-)
1999-2000 Secretary of State
Dieudonné Marie Compaoré
1999-2002 Secretary of State of
Literacy and Non-Formal Education Jeanne Somé
2000-2002 Secretary of State of Human
Rights Monique Ilboudé
2002-05 Minister of Social
Action and National Solidarity Mariam Lamizana
2002-05 Secretary General of the
Government and the Council of Ministers
2005- Minister of Primary and Literacy Education Marie Odile Bonkougou née Balima
She was Vice-Secretary General 2001-02.
2005- Minister of Social Action and Solidarity Pascaline Tamini
2006-07 Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism Aline Kouala
2007- Minister of Human Rights Salamata Sawadogo née Tapsoba
2007- Minister-Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, charged with Regional Cooperation Minata Samate né Cessouma
Last update 20.06.07