- Ali Barraud
Ali Barraud N'Goni (born
January 31 ,1918 ) [http://www.petiteacademie.gov.bf/Personnalite/Personnalite.asp?CodePersonnalite=24 Détail sur la personnalité sélectionnée - BARRAUD N’GONI Ali] fr icon Retrieved onApril 12 ,2008 ] was a Burkinabé politician who served as Minister of Public Health and Population for Upper Volta. [cite book |author=United Nations |title=Treaty Series |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=o3syAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Ali+Barraud%22&dq=%22Ali+Barraud%22&pgis=1 |accessdate=2007-08-02 |year=1947 |publisher=United Nations |location= |pages=215] He resigned his position onJanuary 22 ,1974 . [cite news |title=Burkina Faso : la petite histoire des coups d'Etat |url=http://www.mediaf.org/fr/sources/fiche.php?itm=339&md=&thm=&sc=32 |work=L'Observateur Paalga |date=2003-10-08 |accessdate=2007-08-02 |language=French]He was involved in the 1948 founding of the
Voltaic Democratic Union (PDV), [cite book |last=Hodgkin |first=Thomas Lionel |title=African Political Parties: An Introductory Guide |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AuEUAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Ali+Barraud%22&dq=%22Ali+Barraud%22&pgis=1 |accessdate=2007-08-02 |year=1971 |publisher=Peter Smith |location= |pages=208] which joined with theSocial Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses (PSEMA) in 1956 to form theUnified Democratic Party (PDU) electoral alliance. [cite book |last=Janda |first=Kenneth |title=Political Parties: A Cross-National Survey |year=1980 |publisher=Free Press |location=New York |isbn=00-2916-120-7 |pages=933-34]From 1957 to 1959, he served as a member of the delegation of Upper Volta to the Grand Council of French Western Africa. [cite web |url=http://www.petiteacademie.gov.bf/AutreRepere/AutreRepere.asp?CodeAutreRepere=8922 |title=Détail sur le repère sélectionné |accessdate=2007-08-02 |year=2004 |work=La Petite académie |language=French] In 1971, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of the
World Health Organization . [cite book |author=World Health Organization |title=WHO Chronicle |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N0wgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ali+Barraud%22&dq=%22Ali+Barraud%22&pgis=1 |accessdate=2007-08-02 |year=1959 |publisher=World Health Organization |location= |pages=373]References
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