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Born in the department of Kombissiri, he attended medical school in Dakar, Senegal, then served in the French forces during World War II.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"9 February 1917","date":"1917-02-09"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kombissiri","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1642022"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"20 December 2008","date":"2008-12-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Ouagadougou","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3777"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Burkina Faso","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965"},{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"minister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83307"},{"text":"physician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39631"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (7 July 1978 – 25 November 1980)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28133105","start":"1978-07-07","end":"1980-11-25"},{"text":"member of the French National Assembly (9 December 1958 – 15 July 1959)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3044918","start":"1958-12-09","end":"1959-07-15"},{"text":"member of the French National Assembly (2 January 1956 – 8 December 1958)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3044918","start":"1956-01-02","end":"1958-12-08"},{"text":"member of the French National Assembly (17 June 1951 – 1 December 1955)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3044918","start":"1951-06-17","end":"1955-12-01"},{"text":"senator of the Community","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20177062"},{"text":"Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18204360"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conombo","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Joseph Conombo born?","a":"Joseph Conombo was born on 9 February 1917 in Kombissiri."},{"q":"What positions has Joseph Conombo held?","a":"Positions held by Joseph Conombo include: Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (1978–1980); member of the French National Assembly (1958–1959); member of the French National Assembly (1956–1958); member of the French National Assembly (1951–1955); senator of the Community."}],"related":[{"name":"Thomas Sankara","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thomas-sankara"},{"name":"Luc-Adolphe Tiao","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/luc-adolphe-tiao"},{"name":"Youssouf Ouédraogo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/youssouf-ouedraogo"},{"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":"Claude Goasguen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/claude-goasguen"},{"name":"Victor Sévère","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/victor-severe"},{"name":"Maurice Druon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/maurice-druon"},{"name":"Édouard Herriot","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edouard-herriot"},{"name":"Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/marie-claude-vaillant-couturier"},{"name":"Élisabeth Guigou","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/elisabeth-guigou"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Joseph Conombo","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conombo","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q619468","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619468","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"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 Joseph Conombo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Joseph Conombo\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/joseph-conombo. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:41:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/joseph-conombo","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/joseph-conombo","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/joseph-conombo?lang=ne"}}