Kaboré Bebzinda, better known as Philippe Zinda Kaboré (18 November 1920, Koudougou, French Upper Volta – 25 May 1947, Abidjan, French Ivory Coast) was a politician of Voltaic origin.
Biography
Zinda Kaboré, the son of a chief of the traditional village Mossi, was a student at Bingerville, Ivory Coast and Dakar, Senegal. On 10 November 1946, he was elected, along with Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Ouezzin Coulibaly, as one of the three deputies of the colony of Ivory Coast in the French National Assembly. He died a few months later, on 25 May 1947, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the age of 26. Rumor maintained that he was poisoned, but doctors determined that he had a heart attack.
Honors
One of the main high schools in Burkina Faso bears his name.
References
Resources
Translated from the article in French Misplaced Pages.
Official Burkina webpage's biography (in French)
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- 1920 births
- 1947 deaths
- People from Centre-Ouest Region
- People of French West Africa
- Union progressiste politicians
- Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic
- Members of Parliament for French West Africa
- Burkinabé politicians
- Burkinabé expatriates in Senegal
- Burkinabé expatriates in Ivory Coast
- Burkinabe politician stubs