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title: "Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been declared as the President of which country?"  
description: "Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been declared as the President of which country?"  
author: "Lily Chitlangiya"  
published: 2022-02-19  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95886/paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba-has-been-declared-as-the-president-of-which-country  
category: "current affair"  
tags: ["current affair", "president", "country"]  
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# Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been declared as the President of which country?

Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been declared [as the President](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40347/at-which-session-of-the-indian-national-congress-did-gandhiji-preside-as-the-president) of which country?

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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

> **Following the military coup in Burkina Faso, the military junta selected lieutenant colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as the country's provisional President.**

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**[Paul-Henri Sandaogo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Henri_Sandaogo_Damiba#:~:text=Paul%2DHenri%20Sandaogo%20Damiba%20(French,Burkina%20Faso%20coup%20d)** Damiba is a Burkinabé military colonel who leads the **Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (MPSR)**, which deposed President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in the **2022 Burkina Faso** coup d'état on January 24, 2022. \
![Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been declared as the President of which country?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8d74c446-1464-4720-8ddc-89ba88053baa/images/135ecf46-4f0b-438f-831c-5e57075da422.jpeg)\
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On January 24, 2022, a military takeover headed by Damiba occurred in Burkina Faso. **President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré & Prime Minister Lassina Zerbo** were removed from office, and the [**parliament**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93645/can-the-parliament-of-india-be-considered-as-a-sovereign-body), cabinet, and constitution were proclaimed null and void. Burkina Faso, one of the **world's poorest and most violent countries**, is grappling with a **terrorist** onslaught that has claimed **over 2,000 lives and driven 1.5 million people to abandon their homes.** The **[nation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95809/which-nation-s-prime-minister-is-likely-to-visit-russia-on-the-first-trip-in-23-years)** has been excluded from the **West African organization ECOWAS,** but it has avoided penalties with the reinstatement of the constitution last week.


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