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Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba

Military · Politician

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba · Pol-Anri Sandaoqo Damiba · Πωλ-Ανρί Σανταογκό Νταμιμπά · Поль Анри Сандаонго Дамиба · Поль-Анры Сандаага Даміба · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Lt-Col Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba				[sources]
Weak alias	ポール＝アンリ・サンダオゴ・ダミバ · 保罗-亨利·达米巴				[sources]
Birth date	1981-01-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Ouagadougou				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Burkina Faso				[sources]
Citizenship	Burkina Faso				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Paul-Henri				[sources]
Last name	Damiba				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q110666454				[sources]
Position	Minister of National Defence of Bukina Faso (2022-2022) · President of Burkina Faso (2022-2022) · commanding officer (2011-2015) · president (2022-)				[sources]
Education	École Militaire				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Burkinabé military officer and president (January–September 2022)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Burkina Faso	2022-01-24	2022-09-30

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Source data IDs: us-cia-burkina-faso-paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba-president · us-cia-burkina-faso-paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba-minister-of-state-national-defense-veterans · us-cia-burkina-faso-paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba-pres · us-cia-burkina-faso-paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba-min-of-state-national-defense-veterans

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