Yacouba Isaac Zida

Isaac Zida
Zida in 2015
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
In office
23 September 2015 – 29 December 2015
PresidentMichel Kafando (Transitional)
Preceded byVacant
Succeeded byPaul Kaba Thieba
In office
19 November 2014 – 17 September 2015
PresidentMichel Kafando (Transitional)
Preceded byLuc-Adolphe Tiao
Succeeded byVacant
Head of State of Burkina Faso
Interim
In office
1 November 2014 – 18 November 2014
Preceded byHonoré Traoré (as transitional head of state)
Succeeded byMichel Kafando (as Transitional President)
Personal details
Born (1965-11-16) 16 November 1965 (age 58)
Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)
Political partyIndependent
Military service
Allegiance Burkina Faso
Branch/serviceArmy of Burkina Faso
Years of serviceUntil 2017
RankDivisional General
UnitRegiment of Presidential Security (until 2015)
*Kafando was briefly deposed from 17 September 2015 – 23 September 2015 by Gilbert Diendéré.

Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 16 November 1965)[1] is a Burkinabé military officer who briefly served as Burkina Faso's interim head of state in November 2014. He took power in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, sidelining a more senior officer, Honoré Nabéré Traoré. A few weeks later, a civilian, Michel Kafando, was chosen to replace Zida as transitional head of state; Kafando then appointed Zida as Prime Minister on 19 November 2014.

Zida was briefly removed from office by the Regiment of Presidential Security in a September 2015 coup, but he was restored as prime minister within a week.

  1. ^ "Burkina Faso: qui est Isaac Zida, adoubé par l'armée et déjà contesté?". Radio France Internationale (in French). 2014-11-02. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2019-01-26.