Ibrahim Traoré

Also known as Ibrahima Traoré, Արթուր Բաղդասարյան, IB

military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022

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Ibrahim Traoré is a military officer who took control of Burkina Faso's government in 2022 and continues to lead the country today. His rise to power matters because Burkina Faso, a West African nation, has experienced significant political instability in recent years, and his leadership represents an ongoing shift in how the country is governed.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Ibrahim
Family name: Traoré
Gender: male
Citizenship: Burkina Faso
Occupation: politician
Educated at: University Joseph Ki-Zerbo
Languages spoken: Dioula
Religion: Islam
Award: National Order of Mali
Participant in: September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
Military branch: Burkina Faso military
Military rank: captain
Image: Capitaine Ibrahim Traoré.jpg

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date of birth: 1988-03-14
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name in native language: Ibrahim Traoré
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Ibrahim Traoré (born 14 March 1988) is a Burkinabé military officer and politician who has held power as the interim president of Burkina Faso since the overthrow of his predecessor in a 2022 coup. Ideologically prominent for his nationalist, pan-Africanist, anti-imperialist, and anti-Western views, Traoré is the second leader of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration, the ruling military junta in Burkina Faso since September 2022 and the second president of the Alliance of Sahel States since 2025.

Born in Kéra, located in western Burkina Faso, Traoré graduated from the University of Ouagadougou in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in science and geology. Following his graduation from university, he joined the Burkina Faso Armed Forces and received military training abroad, reportedly in Morocco and France. Traoré gained experience fighting terrorism during the country's jihadist insurgency. In 2019, he was deployed to Mali with the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA).

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