CHAPTER TWO: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CURRENT CHALLENGES _____________________________________________________________________ Heads of state DoctorCommander Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (7 November 1982 – 4 August 1983) Captain Thomas Sankara (4 August 1983 – 15 October 1987) Dates Events 8 November 1982 Creation of the Conseil provisoire du salut du peuple, which later became the CSP 10 January 1983 Appointment of Captain Thomas Sankara as prime minister 16 and 17 May 1983 Arrest and deportation to Dori of Thomas Sankara and Jean-Baptiste Lingani; Captain Blaise Compaoré escapes to Pô 23 May 1983 Renewal of the mandate of President JeanBaptiste Ouédraogo by the CSP 30 May 1983 Release of Thomas Sankara and Jean-Baptiste Lingani, following popular demonstrations 4 August 1983 Entry of Captain Blaise Compaoré and his elite troop to Ouagadougou; President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo is overthrown in a military coup 4 August 1983 Captain Thomas Sankara is proclaimed head of state and president of the CNR 19 October 1983 30 December 1983 Institution of two People’s Revolutionary Tribunals (TPRs) in Ouagadougou and BoboDioulasso Abolition of traditional chieftaincy 3 and 6 January 1984 General Sangoulé Lamizana is declared innocent by a popular tribunal 25 and 30 December 1985 Border dispute with Mali 15 October 1987 President Thomas Sankara is assassinated in a military coup led by Captain Blaise Compaoré 65