Saran Sérémé Séré edit
Saran Sérémé Séré, born 17 November 1968. She is a business leader and a political personality in Burkina Faso. In October 2014, she became one of the figures of the second Burkinabe revolution and founded the Party for Development and Change (PDC). She stood as a candidate in the presidential election in July 2015 and at the time of the election she was the only woman to lead a political party in Burkina Faso.[1]
Personal Background edit
Saran Sérémé was born in Ougadougou. Her father, Tombo Sérémé, is a policeman (gendarme). Her cousin is Mariam Sankara Sérémé, the wife of Thomas Sankara. She is married and has two children.[2]
She started studying for a degree in medicine at the University of Ougadougou but bit not complete her studies there.
In 1983, she demonstrated for the liberation of Prime Minister Thomas Sankara who had been arrested. Sankara became president after the first Burkinabe revolution and was assassinated during the coup d'etat led by Blaise Compaore in October 1987.
In 1987 after Sankara's death she fled to Mali,[3]. While she was in Mali she studied economics at the National School of Administration.
When she returned to Burkina Faso she founded a public works business.
Career edit
References edit
- ^ "Ouagadougou-based news website Burkina 24".
- ^ [www.lefaso.net/ "Burkinabe Le Faso website"]. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ Burkina newspaper Sidwaya website [www.sidwaya.bf/ www.sidwaya.bf/]. Retrieved 12.07.2015.
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