Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951) is a Burkinabé politician who was President of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a top associate of President Thomas Sankara during the 1980s, and in October 1987 he led a coup d'état during which Sankara was killed; subsequently he introduced a policy of "rectification", overturning the Marxist policies pursued by Sankara. He won elections in 1991, 1998, 2005, and 2010. His attempt to amend the constitution to extend his 27-year term caused the 2014 Burkinabé uprising. On 31 October 2014, Compaoré was removed from power, whereupon he fled to the Ivory Coast."@en }
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- Blaise_Compaoré abstract "Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951) is a Burkinabé politician who was President of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a top associate of President Thomas Sankara during the 1980s, and in October 1987 he led a coup d'état during which Sankara was killed; subsequently he introduced a policy of "rectification", overturning the Marxist policies pursued by Sankara. He won elections in 1991, 1998, 2005, and 2010. His attempt to amend the constitution to extend his 27-year term caused the 2014 Burkinabé uprising. On 31 October 2014, Compaoré was removed from power, whereupon he fled to the Ivory Coast.".