Zéphirin Diabré
Zéphirin Diabré (born 26 August 1959 in Ouagadougou) is a Burkinabé politician. He served in the Government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Finance during the 1990s. He stood as a candidate in the November 2015 presidential election, placing second behind Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Zéphirin Diabré is an economist by training and holds a doctorate in management sciences from the Faculty of Economics and Management (BEM Management School ) of Bordeaux, France. He joined the University of Ouagadougou in 1987 as assistant professor of management before joining the private sector between 1989 and 1992 as deputy director of Brakina. He was elected MP in 1992 under the banner of the Organization for Popular Democracy-Labour Movement, but gave up his seat to his deputy to occupy respectively the positions of Minister of Trade, Industry and Mines (1992-1994), ministers of the Economics and Finance (1994-1996), President of the Economic and Social Council (1996-1997). He leaves the Congress for Democracy and Progress (created as a result of the merger of the ODP / MT with other parties) for reasons of differences and opts for an international career. Initially a researcher at the American Harvard University, then deputy general manager of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of the United Nations and then Africa and Middle East director of the AREVA group, Zéphirin Diabré chose to return to the fold. In May 2009, Zéphirin Diabré already announces the colors of alternation by organizing a forum on the subject in Ouagadougou. On March 1, 2010, he and other comrades created the UPC, an opposition political party that advocates democratic change and "real change" in Burkina Faso.
Education
Diabré is a graduate of the BEM Management School in Bordeaux, France.