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Minister of National Defence of Bukina Faso (2016–2017); president of Burkina Faso (2015–2022); president of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso (2002–2012); Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (1994–1996)."},{"q":"Where did Roch Marc Christian Kaboré study?","a":"Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was educated at University of Burgundy Europe."}],"related":[{"name":"Yacouba Isaac Zida","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yacouba-isaac-zida"},{"name":"Blaise Compaoré","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/blaise-compaore"},{"name":"Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba"},{"name":"Chérif Sy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cherif-sy"},{"name":"Michel Kafando","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michel-kafando"},{"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":"Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jean-baptiste-ouedraogo"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/roch-marc-christian-kabore-4e5687ca5d.jpg","width":500,"height":710,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Théodore Boermans / European Commission","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roch_Marc_Christian_Kabor%C3%A9_(04-06-2018).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Roch Marc Christian Kaboré","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch_Marc_Christian_Kabor%C3%A9","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q599988","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599988","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (04-06-2018).jpg by Théodore Boermans / European Commission (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roch_Marc_Christian_Kabor%C3%A9_(04-06-2018).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 Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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