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  History of Burkina Faso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lamizana's government faced problems with the country's traditionally powerful trade unions, and on November 25, 1980, Col. Saye Zerbo overthrew President Lamizana in a bloodless coup.
Colonel Zerbo established the Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress as the supreme governmental authority, thus eradicating the 1977 constitution.
Colonel Zerbo also encountered resistance from trade unions and was overthrown two years later, on November 7, 1982, by Maj. Dr.
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 Search Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Saye and Sele, William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, William Fiennes, 1st Viscountfīnz, sā´ensēl, 1582-1662, English politician and promoter of colonization in America.
He was a Puritan in religious sympathy and a leader in the House of Lords of the opposition to James I and Charles I. From 1630, Saye, with Robert Greville (2d Baron Brooke), John Pym, and...
He entered Parliament in 1621, became closely associated with Sir John Eliot, and was imprisoned (1627) for refusing to pay the forced loan demanded by Charles I. With Viscount Saye and Sele, John Pym, and other parliamen...
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 Burkina Faso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Its first military coup occurred in 1966, then returned to civilian rule in 1978.
There was another coup, led by Saye Zerbo in 1980, which in turn was overthrown in 1982.
A counter-coup was launched in 1983, which left Captain Thomas Sankara in charge.
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 Burkina Faso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
A new constitution was promulgated in 1977, and multiparty presidential and legislative elections were held in 1978; Lamizana was returned to office, but in 1980 he was overthrown in a military coup by Col. Saye Zerbo.
Labor unrest characterized Zerbo’s brief tenure and Maj. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo launched a successful coup in 1982.
Ouédraogo’s regime proved to be short-lived as well; he was ousted by Capt. Thomas Sankara in 1983 in a bloody coup.
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 Saye Zerbo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Saye Zerbo - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 2. Burkina Faso. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
The Union Démocratique Voltaique won a plurality of seats in the legislative assembly.
Forces loyal to Col. Saye Zerbo overthrew Lamizana.
The new regime dissolved the National Assembly and banned all political parties.
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 Please do not sponsor this child - NI 111 - Country profile: Upper Volta
A wave of strikes in 1980 led to the fall of the 14-year-old Lamizana regime and with it the conservative politicians who had governed for twenty years or more.
The new military government under Colonel Zerbo has made the expected bold promises to tackle basic problems.
But the recent repressive measures against the trade unions and opposition groups suggest it has an even greater interest in consolidating its power.
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 Background Notes Archive - Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After conflict over the 1970 constitution, a new constitution was written and approved in 1977 and Lamizana was re- elected by open elections in 1978.
Colonel Zerbo established the Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress (CMRPN) as the supreme governmental authority, thus eradicating the 1977 constitution.
Colonel Zerbo also encountered resistance from trade unions and was overthrown 2 years later, on November 7, 1982, by Maj. Dr.
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 Encyclopedia: Saye Zerbo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Saye Zerbo (born 1932) was a President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from November 25, 1980 to November 7, 1982.
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 Burkina Faso
Constitutional rule returned in 1978 with the election of an Assembly and a presidential vote in June in which Gen. Lamizana won by a narrow margin over three other candidates.
On Nov. 25, 1980, Col. Sayé Zerbo led a bloodless coup that toppled Lamizana.
In turn, Maj. Jean-Baptist Ouedraogo ousted Zerbo on Nov. 7, 1982.
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 Burkina Faso - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1977 a new constitution was adopted which restored civilian rule and in 1978 Lamizana was elected President.
In 1980 a military coup led by Col. Saye Zerbo took control of the government and again suspended the constitution.
In 1982 a coup of junior officers led by Capt. Thomas Sankara overthrew Zerbo's government to form a new government.
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 THE SUICIDE PACT: How to break it - NI 121 - Update
The leader of the previous takeover in 1980, Colonel Saye Zerbo, had made many promises of reform but his government had in fact become increasingly repressive— particularly towards trade unionists, as we described in NI No. II7.
Tour6 has now been united with his family but is under military guard because of possible reprisals against him from supporters of the Zerbo government.
Although there is still a ban on political activity in the country the government has pledged itself to the restoration of human rights and the return of democratic freedom.
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 Zerbo, Saye - Former President of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Zerbo, Saye - Former President of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso)
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 BBC News Online | World | Africa | Country profiles | Timeline: Burkina Faso
1980 - Lamizana ousted in coup led by Saye Zerbo.
1982 - Zerbo overthrown in coup led by Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo following industrial unrest.
1983 - Zerbo toppled in coup led by Thomas Sankara who adopts a policy of nonalignment and close relations with Ghana and Libya.
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 Headlines by Category   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Neither the government nor the teachers appear prepared to give in.
In 1980, when school masters and mistresses walked off their jobs for 55 days, that sparked a string of events that led to the overthrow of the government of Gen. Sangoule Lamizana by army colonel Saye Zerbo.
But a similar strike in 1984 resulted in the dismissal of 600 teachers by the then ruling National Revolutionary Council.
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Sirvió brevemente como Secretario de Estado para la Información bajo el Coronel Saye Zerbo en 1981 pero dimitió por desabenencias con Zerbo.
Se cree que al mando de la tropa de paracaidistas, Sankara había preparado el golpe que echó fuera a Zerbo el 7 de noviembre de 1982, y trajo a Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo a la presidencia.
Sirvió como Primer Ministro bajo Ouedraogo de enero a mayo de 1983, hasta que fue destituido del Consejo de Salvación Popular bajo sospecha de actividades subversivas y relaciones clandestinas con Libia.
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A brief period in charge of the national commando training centre at Po was interrupted when he was reposted in April 1982 to Bobo Dioulasso, in the far western part of the country.
Within a month, however, he was deeply embroiled in national politics, resigning from the national armed forces council when Thomas Sankara, then secretary of state for information, left the government of Saye Zerbo.
A year later, when another power struggle saw Sankara put in prison, Compaoré returned to Po and, with Ghanaian and Libyan help, organized the coup that was to install Sankara as head of state in August 1983.
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 Upper-Volta milt coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees November 25 in History
Upper-Volta milt coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees November 25 in History
Upper-Volta milt coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees
Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » IRIN-WA Weekly Round-up 22 covering the period 29 May - 4 Jun 1999
President Blaise Compaore has set up a committee of elders to look into unpunished political crimes committed in Burkina Faso since independence in 1960, news organisations reported.
The committee comprises ex-presidents Sangoule Lamizana (1966-1980), Saye Zerbo (1980-1982) and Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo (1982-1983), eight traditional and religious leaders and five resource persons.
It has 45 days to submit its findings.
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