Talata Eugène Dondassé
Talata Eugène Dondassé was a Burkinabé politician, who held different ministerial posts in the 1980s. He was known by his initials 'TED'.[1]
As of 1979 he one of the leaders of Ouagadougou section of Union of Communist Struggles (ULC).[2] On January 11, 1983 Dondassé was named Minister of Planning in the Popular Salvation Council (CSP) government, representing the tendency of the now-dissolved ULC.[3][4][5] He remained in his ministerial post until May 17, 1983.[4] He became one of the leader of the Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed (ULC-R).[3]
Dondassé was named Minister of Planning and Cooperation in the National Revolutionary Council (CNR) government formed after the revolution of August 4, 1983, being one of three ULC-R ministers in the cabinet.[4][2][6] He lost his ministerial post when the government was dissolved on August 19, 1984.[7]
In 1986 Dondassé was named Minister of Financial Resources.[8][9]
After the overthrow of Thomas Sankara in 1987, Dondassé was placed under house arrest.[10] In later years he worked as the program coordinator for the Strategic Development Plan of the National Assembly.[1] He died on May 27, 2012 at Institut Gustave Roussy in Villejuif (Paris).[1] Dondassé was buried in Ouagadougou on June 4, 2012.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d lefaso.net. Décès de T. Eugène Dondassé : Hier au cimetière
- ^ a b Sidiki Guire. Les Comités de défense de la Révolution du Burkina Faso (CDR): Histoire d'une institution de contrôle politique de la société, 1983-1987. Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 1997. pp. 291, 331
- ^ a b Ludo Martens, Hilde Meesters. Sankara, Compaoré et la révolution burkinabè. Editions Aden, 1989. pp. 100, 132
- ^ a b c Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens, Issues 1964-1977. 1983. p. 2103
- ^ James Genova. Making New People: Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, 1983–1987. MSU Press, 2022. p. 26
- ^ John Clements. Clements' Encyclopedia of World Governments, Vol. 6. Political Research, Incorporated, 1984. p. 342
- ^ West Africa, Issues 3489-3514. West Africa Publishing Company Limited, 1984. p. 1980
- ^ The Daily Review, Vol. 32, Issues 197-204. 1986. p. 9
- ^ Africa Research Bulletin: Political series, Vol. 24. Africa Research Limited, 1987. p. 8622
- ^ Amnesty International Report. Amnesty International Publications., 1988. p. 36