Frédéric Fernand Guirma (27 April 1931 – 9 January 2024) was a Burkinabé diplomat, writer and politician.Library of Congress name authority file In 1959 he became the president of the trade union centre CATC.Kabeya Muase, Charles. Syndicalisme et démocratie en Afrique noire: l'expérience du Burkina Faso, 1936-1988. Abidjan: Inadès édition, 1988. p. 55 From 1960 to 1963 he was the Republic of Upper Volta's first Ambassador to the United States and his country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Upper Volta (Haute Volta), 1978, p. 86 He headed the conservative political party Front de Refus or RDA. He gained 5.87% of the vote in the 1998 presidential election.Elections Today, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 1999), p. 29 Guirma died on 9 January 2024, at the age of 92.
Literary works Princess of the full moon (African folklore), 1969 Tales of Mogho: African Stories from Upper Volta, 1971
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