Gilbert Diendéré

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Gilbert Diendéré, May 2010

Gilbert Diendéré (* 1960 or 1961) is a Burkinabe general in the Burkina Faso military . For many years he was Blaise Compaoré's highest confidante during his time as head of state of the country from 1987 to 2014. He was also head of the Presidential Guard ( Régiment de sécurité présidentielle , RSP).

On 17 September 2015 he was selected by a junta to President of Burkina proclaimed after a day earlier on September 16, 2015, the detention of President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Isaac Zida was run. On September 17, Diendéré was appointed chairman of the National Council for Democracy ( Président du Conseil national de la démocratie ), the new military junta.

On September 24, 2015, Kafando and Zida returned to their offices, marking the end of the coup. Diendéré apologized for the coup that resulted in ten deaths in the Burkinabe capital. Diendéré affirmed that he wanted to stand before a possible trial on his role and responsibility during the coup.

He is in custody for his role in the failed coup and now has to answer for involvement in the death of Thomas Sankara on October 15, 1987. In December 2016 it was announced that the proceedings would be suspended until spring 2017 [obsolete] due to too many incidents .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Putschists release presidents , faz.net, accessed September 27, 2015
  2. ↑ Mathieu Bonkoungou, Nadoun Coulibaly: Burkina Faso's President back in charge as Coup fails. Reuters , September 24, 2015, accessed September 25, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Burkina: Kafando et Zida de Retour, Diendéré “regrette” le Coup d'État. Jeune Afrique, September 24, 2015, accessed on September 27, 2015 (French).
  4. ^ Putschist leader in Burkina Faso charged with presidential murder in new Germany on December 7, 2015
  5. ↑ Qui est Gilbert Diendéré, nouvel homme fort du Burkina Faso? , lemonde.fr, accessed September 27, 2015 (French)
  6. ^ Burkina Faso: Trial of coup leaders postponed. In: Worldbulletin News. worldbulletin.net, December 9, 2016, accessed December 11, 2016 .

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SURNAME Diendéré, Gilbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Burkinabe general
DATE OF BIRTH 1960 or 1961