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Previously he worked at the Central Bank of West African States and the West African Monetary Union.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"28 July 1960","date":"1960-07-28"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22043905#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bobo-Dioulasso","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223761"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22043905#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/Q22043905#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"economist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188094"},{"text":"minister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83307"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22043905#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"People's Movement for Progress","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21604403"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22043905#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University Joseph Ki-Zerbo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076606"},{"text":"Paris Descartes University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1155944"},{"text":"Pierre Mendès-France University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2000147"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22043905#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (13 January 2016 – 21 January 2019)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28133105","start":"2016-01-13","end":"2019-01-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22043905#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kaba_Thieba","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22043905"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Paul Kaba Thieba born?","a":"Paul Kaba Thieba was born on 28 July 1960 in Bobo-Dioulasso."},{"q":"What positions has Paul Kaba Thieba held?","a":"Positions held by Paul Kaba Thieba include: Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (2016–2019)."},{"q":"Where did Paul Kaba Thieba study?","a":"Paul Kaba Thieba was educated at University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Paris Descartes University, Pierre Mendès-France University."}],"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"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/paul-kaba-thieba-693e65ac01.jpg","width":500,"height":742,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"總統府","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Kaba_Thieba_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Paul Kaba Thieba","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kaba_Thieba","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q22043905","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22043905","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Paul Kaba Thieba (cropped).jpg by 總統府 (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Kaba_Thieba_(cropped).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 Paul Kaba Thieba, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Paul Kaba Thieba (cropped).jpg — 總統府, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Paul Kaba Thieba\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/paul-kaba-thieba. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-kaba-thieba","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-kaba-thieba","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-kaba-thieba?lang=ne"}}