What was Maurice Yaméogo's role in the first Upper Voltaic government?
Minister for Agriculture
Minister of Defence
Minister of Health
Minister of Economy
Answer
Maurice Yaméogo was a politician in Burkina Faso, who served as the first Prime Minister and then the first President of the country from 1956 to 1966. He was Minister for Agriculture in the first Upper Voltaic government, which was formed in 1956. The government was led by the Voltaic Democratic Union, which was a pro-French party.
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