- Tertius Zongo
Infobox_Prime Minister
name = Tertius Zongo
order =Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
president =Blaise Compaoré
deputy =
term_start =11 June 2007
term_end =
predecessor =Paramanga Ernest Yonli
successor =
birth_date = birth date and age|1957|05|18|df=y
birth_place =Koudougou , Upper Volta
dead =
death_date =
death_place =
spouse =
party = CDPTertius Zongo (born
18 May 1957 [http://www.primature.gov.bf/premier_ministre/biographie.php Prime Minister's official site] .] ) has been thePrime Minister of Burkina Faso since June 2007.Biography
Zongo was born in
Koudougou . He has an extensive background ineconomics andaccounting . He became Deputy Minister for Budget and Planning, under the Minister of the Economy, Finances, and Planning, in June 1995. In February 1996 he became Government Spokesman in addition to his role as Deputy Minister,Jean-Pierre Béjot, [http://www.lefaso.net/article.php3?id_article=21341 "Tertius Zongo : faire franchir une nouvelle étape économique et social au Burkina Faso (1/2)"] , "lefaso.net",June 9 ,2007 fr icon.] and he remained Government Spokesman until November 2000. His portfolio was changed to that of Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Development, under the Prime Minister, in September 1996; he was subsequently appointed as Minister of Economy and Finance in June 1997. He remained in the latter position until November 2000. OnFebruary 14 2002 he became Ambassador to theUnited States , [ [http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/dpl/20339.htm "Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials"] , "U.S. Department of State ",June 16 ,2003 .] serving in that post until he was named Prime Minister in June 2007.Zongo also served as governor for Burkina Faso to the
World Bank , theInternational Monetary Fund , theAfrican Development Bank and theIslamic Bank of Development . In 1992, he worked as director general of Cooperation at the Ministry of Finances and Planning and as chief of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation from 1988 to 1992. He has also been a professor of accounting, business economy and financial analysis at theUniversity of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. Zongo holds amaster's degree in economic sciences from theInstitute of Enterprises Administration inFrance .Following the May 2007 parliamentary election, Zongo was appointed Prime Minister by President
Blaise Compaore onJune 4 2007 . [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?reg_id=0&art_cle=37181 "Burkina Faso: Tertius Zongo, ancien ministre, nommé Premier ministre"] (Burkina Faso: Tertius Zongo, ex-minister, named Prime Minister), AFP ("Jeuneafrique.com"),June 5 ,2007 fr icon.] [ [http://apanews.net/spip.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=34716 "Tertius Zongo appointed new Burkinabe Prime Minister"] , "African Press Agency",June 5 ,2007 .] His government, composed of 34 members, was appointed onJune 10 ; [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/burkina/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=AFP60607lenouriovuo0 "Le nouveau gouvernement reste dominé par le parti au pouvoir"] (The new government remains dominated by the party in power), AFP ("Jeuneafrique.com"), June 11, 2007 fr icon.] [http://www.primature.gov.bf/actualite/document.php?id1=316 "Décret n° 2007-381/PRES/PM portant composition du Gouvernement."] , government website fr icon.] its 34 members (excluding Zongo himself) included two ministers of state, 26 ministers, and six minister-delegates. Zongo took office as Prime Minister onJune 11 . [ [http://www.primature.gov.bf/actualite/document.php?id1=318 "Passation de pouvoirs au Premier Ministère"] , government website, June 12, 2007 fr icon.]References
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