CHAPTER TWO: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CURRENT CHALLENGES _____________________________________________________________________ Heads of state Mr Blaise Compaoré Dates 19 September 1989 Events Following a military trial, Commander JeanBaptiste Lingani and Captain Henri Zongo are sentenced to death (15 October 1987 – present) January 1991 10 March 1991 The ODP/MT, the president’s party. abandons Marxism-Leninism 2 June 1991 Adoption of the constitution by referendum and birth of the Fourth Republic 1 December 1991 First presidential election: Blaise Compaoré is elected as president of Faso 24 May 1992 First legislative elections under the Fourth Republic 13 May 1993 Creation of the ESC June 1992 Formation of a government headed by Prime Minister Youssouf Ouédraogo March 1994 Roch Marc Christian Kaboré replaces Youssouf Ouédraogo as the head of the government 17 May 1994 Institution of the Mediator of Faso 1 August 1995 Creation of the Supreme Information Council (CSI) February 1996 Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo is appointed as prime minister 22 January 1997 Revision of the constitution: maintenance of the seven-year presidency and limitation of the presidential mandate May 1997 66 Official institution of multiparty politics Second legislative elections under the Fourth Republic