Djibril Bassolé
Djibrill Yipènè Bassolé (born November 30, 1957
Career
Bassolé was born in
From January 11, 1999, to January 12, 2000, he served in the government of Burkina Faso as Deputy Minister for Security. On November 12, 2000, he was promoted to the post of Minister of Security,[1] serving in that position until he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation in the government of Prime Minister Tertius Zongo on June 10, 2007; he replaced Youssouf Ouédraogo as Foreign Minister.[4]
On June 30, 2008, Bassolé was appointed as the Joint African Union-United Nations Chief Mediator for Darfur.[2][3] Prior to taking up the post, he made a preparatory visit to Sudan on July 20, meeting with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. During this visit, he said that he faced a difficult task in mediating between the Sudanese government and the Darfur rebels, but he said that it was "not mission impossible". Some believed that Bassolé's mission would be made more difficult by his inability to speak Arabic or English.[5] Bassolé took up his post as Chief Mediator on August 1, 2008,[6] and he was replaced as Burkinabé Foreign Minister in the government appointed on September 3, 2008.[7]
Bassolé returned to the Burkinabé government as Foreign Minister in 2011. On 9 May 2013, he passed out and collapsed while participating in a news conference in Ankara alongside Ahmet Davutoğlu, the Foreign Minister of Turkey. He was subsequently hospitalized.[8]
Following the ouster of President Compaoré in October 2014, Bassolé lost his ministerial post and a transitional government was set up. Bassolé became the Special Envoy of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Peace in the Sahel region and participated in the achievement of a peace agreement for Mali signed in Algeria.
Following a
References
- ^ a b c "CV at the website of the Foreign Ministry" (in French). Archived from the original on December 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). - ^ a b c "Djibrill Bassolé", Jeune Afrique, August 3, 2008 (in French).
- ^ a b c "Secretary-General, African Union Commission chair, appoint Joint AU-UN Chief Mediator for Darfur, Djibril Yipene Bassole of Burkina Faso", United Nations Biographical Note, SG/A/1143, AFR/1724, BIO/3994, June 30, 2008.
- ^ "Le nouveau gouvernement reste dominé par le parti au pouvoir", Agence France-Presse, June 11, 2007 (in French).
- ^ "Darfur 'mission not impossible'" Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, July 20, 2008.
- ^ "UN Renews Call for Peacekeepers in Sudan", Radio Vatican website, August 1, 2008.
- ^ "Burkina Faso : Remaniement ministériel, la liste du nouveau gouvernement" Lefaso.net, September 5, 2008 (in French).
- ^ "Burkina Faso FM passes out in Turkey at briefing". HuffPost. 2013-06-27. Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
- ^ "Mali Actualité" 25 juin 2015
- ^ "Djibrill Bassolé : "Oui, je vais annoncer ma candidature à la présidentielle"", Jeune Afrique, 9 April 2015 (in French).
- ^ "The Evolving Political Crisis in Burkina Faso: Observations from Ouagadougou, continued". 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Burkina bars two former ministers from contesting presidency", Reuters, 10 September 2015.
- ^ Official Facebook account, September 18, 2015.
- ^ "Burkina Faso freezes assets of failed coup leader", Agence France-Presse, 27 September 2015.
- ^ Radio Omega (in French).
- ^ Romaric Ollo Hien, "Burkina coup leader pledges elections 'soon' as three killed in protests", Agence France-Presse, 17 September 2015.
- ^ Mathieu Bonkoungou and Nadoun Coulibaly, "Burkina army enters presidential guard camp, coup leader gone", Reuters, 29 September 2015.
- ^ NetAfrique "c’est vrai que le putsch aurait contribué à améliorer sa situation puisqu’il était candidat, mais il n’était pas avec nous, ceux qui l’accusent ont leurs raisons." Archived October 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Burkina ex-foreign minister says he is 'political prisoner' - lawyer", Reuters, 5 November 2015.