Amirou Thiombiano was an Upper Voltan politician. He was the son and heir of the traditional monarch of Gourma, youth but came to reject feudalism during his youth.Le Pays. RENTREE POLITIQUE DU PITJ : Voici la déclaration liminaire de Soumane Touré As a student in Dakar he came in contact with Senegalese students belonging to the communist African Independence Party (PAI).Luescher, Thierry M., Klemencic, Manja. Student Politics in Africa: Representation and Activism. African Minds, 2016. p. 95 He joined the party, and on August 13, 1963 he founded the Voltan Section of PAI.Bongnessan Arsène Yé. Burkina Faso, les fondements politiques de la IVe République. Presses universitaires de Ouagadougou, 1995. p. 126Ludo Martens, Hilde Meesters. Sankara, Compaoré et la révolution burkinabè. Editions Aden, 1989. pp. 107 He would serve as the general secretary of the underground PAI in Upper Volta.Brian J. Peterson. Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa. Indiana University Press, 2021. p. 57, 70 Back in Upper Volta, Thiombiano worked as a Divisional Customs Inspector.Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 1460-1468. Joint Publications Research Service. p. 50 On April 3, 1974 a Council of Ministers meeting appointed Thiombiano as the new Directors of Customs.Brian J. Peterson. Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa. Indiana University Press, 2021. p. 57, 70
Thiombiano unexpectedly died in Fada N'Gourma on March 13, 1975 after falling ill.WakatSéra. Philippe Ouédraogo, une histoire d’un syndicaliste de gauche de la Haute-Volta au Burkina Faso He was buried in Fada N'Gourma.lefaso.net. Soumane Touré à Fada : Recueillement sur la tombe d’Amirou
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