Alain Bédouma Yoda

Alain Bédouma Yoda (born 31 December 1951 [http://web.archive.org/web/20040810155701/http://www.sante.gov.bf/ministere/ministre.htm CV (as Minister of Health)] , Ministry of Health website (2004 archive page) fr icon.] ) is a Burkinabé politician who has been Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation since September 2008. He was previously Minister of Transport and Tourism from 1997 to 2000, Minister of Trade from 2000 to 2002, and Minister of Health from 2002 to 2008.

Yoda was born in Komtoèga, and after studying in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and France, he joined the civil service in 1978. From 1978 to 1985 he held various positions at the Ministry of Trade, becoming Technical Adviser to the Minister of Trade in May 1985. He was then Economic and Financial Adviser to the President of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara, from October 1985 to 1987. Yoda was first elected to the National Assembly of Burkina Faso in the May 1992 parliamentary election, and he served as President of the Commission of Finance and the Plan in the National Assembly from 1996 to 1997; he was re-elected to the National Assembly in the May 1997 parliamentary election. He was appointed to the government as Minister of Transport and Tourism in June 1997, and on 12 November 2000 he was moved to the position of Minister of Trade and the Promotion of Business and Crafts. [ [http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/OUEST/burkina/burkinagvts/burkinagvt12112000.html List of members of the government appointed in November 2000] , "Afrique Express" fr icon.] Yoda was again elected to the National Assembly in the May 2002 parliamentary election, and following that election he was appointed as Minister of Health [http://web.archive.org/web/20070212231750/http://www.presse-francophone.org/francophonie/francophonie_gouvernements_burkina.htm List of members of the government of Burkina Faso] , presse-francophone.org (2007 archive page) fr icon.] [http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/OUEST/burkina/burkinagvts/251gvt10062002.htm "Le gouvernement du Burkina Faso formé le 10 juin 2002"] , "Afrique Express", N° 251, 18 June 2002 fr icon.] on 10 June 2002.

Yoda was elected to the National Assembly from Boulgou Province as a candidate of the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) in the May 2007 parliamentary election. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20070810101731/http://www.an.bf/SiteAn/afficher.jsp?code=140 List of candidates elected to the National Assembly in 2007] , National Assembly website (2007 archive page) fr icon.] He was promoted in ministerial rank after the election, becoming Minister of State for Health on 10 June 2007. [ [http://www.primature.gov.bf/actualite/document.php?id1=316 "Décret n° 2007-381/PRES/PM portant composition du Gouvernement."] , government website fr icon.] Yoda was later moved to the post of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation in the government named on 3 September 2008, replacing Djibril Bassolé. [ [http://www.grioo.com/ar,burkina_faso_remaniement_ministeriel_la_liste_du_nouveau_gouvernement,15031.html "Burkina Faso : Remaniement ministériel, la liste du nouveau gouvernement"] Lefaso.net (Grioo.com), September 5, 2008 fr icon.]

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