Michel Kafando

Michel Kafando (born 18 August 1942) is a Burkinabé diplomat. He has been the Permanent Representative (Ambassador) of Burkina Faso to the United Nations since 1998; previously he served in the Burkinabé government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1983.^[1]

Background

Kafando was born in Ouagadougou. He attained a bachelor's degree in public law from the University of Bordeaux in 1969, and then a diploma in political studies in 1972 in Paris. He later gained a PhD in Political Science at the Sorbonne in 1990. He is married, and has one child.^[1]

Political career

Michel Kafando was the Foreign Minister for Upper Volta (as Burkina Faso was then known) from 1982 to 1983. He was also a Vice-President of the General Assembly in 1982. He has headed many delegations to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), and is a Vice-President of the African Centre for Environmental Protection (an NGO).^[1]

He served as Burkina Faso's Permanent Representative to the UN and as its Ambassador to Cuba before being appointed as Permanent Representative to the UN for a second time; he presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, on 15 April 1998.^[1]

Kafando was President of the United Nations Security Council in September 2008^[2] and in December 2009.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BURKINA FASO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS", UN Press Release BIO/3152, 15 April 1998.
2. ^ "PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT", UN.org, 3 September 2008.

External links

• Biography
• Scienceblog biography

Preceded by Félix Tientarboum

Foreign Minister of Upper Volta 1982-1983

Succeeded by Hama Arba Diallo

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