Frédéric Guirma

Frédéric Fernand Guirma (born 27 April 1931, Ouagadougou) is a diplomat, writer and politician from Burkina Faso.[1] From 1960 to 1963 he was the Republic of Upper Volta's first Ambassador to the United States. He was also Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[2] He heads the conservative political party Front de Refus or RDA. He gained 5.87% of the vote in the 1998 presidential election.[3]

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  1. ^ Library of Congress name authority file
  2. ^ Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Upper Volta (Haute Volta), 1978, p. 86
  3. ^ Elections Today, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 1999), p. 29