{"id":"ibrahim-traore","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ibrahim-traore","language":"en","name":"Ibrahim Traoré","name_en":"Ibrahim Traoré","name_ne":null,"description":"Military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022","headline":"Military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ibrahim Traoré is a Burkinabé military officer and politician who has held power as the interim president of Burkina Faso since the overthrow of his predecessor in a 2022 coup. Ideologically prominent for his nationalist, pan-Africanist, anti-imperialist, and anti-Western views, Traoré is the second leader of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration, the ruling military junta in Burkina Faso since September 2022 and the second president of the Alliance of Sahel States since 2025.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"14 March 1988","date":"1988-03-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bondokuy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15067510"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Burkina Faso","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"military officer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189290"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University Joseph Ki-Zerbo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076606"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Alliance of Sahel States (since 24 December 2025 · BS 8 Poush 2082 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137762783","start":"2025-12-24"},{"text":"president of Burkina Faso (since 30 September 2022 · BS 14 Asoj 2079 onwards)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20995488","start":"2022-09-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"National Order of Mali","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3386864","date":"2025"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ibrahim Traoré born?","a":"Ibrahim Traoré was born on 14 March 1988 in Bondokuy."},{"q":"What positions has Ibrahim Traoré held?","a":"Positions held by Ibrahim Traoré include: President of the Alliance of Sahel States (since 24 December 2025); president of Burkina Faso (since 30 September 2022)."},{"q":"Where did Ibrahim Traoré study?","a":"Ibrahim Traoré was educated at University Joseph Ki-Zerbo."}],"related":[{"name":"Thomas Sankara","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thomas-sankara"},{"name":"Sangoulé Lamizana","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sangoule-lamizana"},{"name":"Saye Zerbo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saye-zerbo"},{"name":"Roch Marc Christian Kaboré","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/roch-marc-christian-kabore"},{"name":"Yacouba Isaac Zida","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yacouba-isaac-zida"},{"name":"Blaise Compaoré","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/blaise-compaore"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ibrahim-traore-91b8e71b21.jpg","width":500,"height":624,"license":"CC0","credit":"Bamjo226","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capitaine_Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Ibrahim Traoré","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q114341246","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114341246","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Capitaine Ibrahim Traoré.jpg by Bamjo226 (CC0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capitaine_Ibrahim_Traor%C3%A9.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Ibrahim Traoré, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Capitaine Ibrahim Traoré.jpg — Bamjo226, CC0.","cite":"\"Ibrahim Traoré\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ibrahim-traore. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:58:27Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-13","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ibrahim-traore","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ibrahim-traore","ne":null}}