During this time, Labesquiere was appointed as the head of the Department of Endemic Diseases of Upper Volta.
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At the October 1982 meeting of the IOC Executive in Lausanne, Switzerland it was unanimously considered the fundamental rules of the Olympic Charter governing the activities and conduct of National Olympic Committees to have been transgressed in Upper Volta.
Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (born Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso 19 September 1925) served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974.
He was concurrently appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mali and Niger then to Upper Volta and to the Ivory Coast.
He was part of Brian Tiler’s squad at CAN 1978 and scored the first goal in Zambia’s 2-0 victory over Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).
In the 15th century the Upper Volta region attracted Muslim merchants and settlements by the opening of the Akan goldfields, and the opportunity to trade in gold, kola nuts, and salt.
In 1951, Conombo was elected to the French National Assembly, a position he held until Upper Volta gained independence in 1959, even serving as undersecretary of state (1954–1955) in the government of Pierre Mendès France.