Bognessan Arsène Yé

Bognessan Arsène Yé (10 October 1957 – 30 January 2024) was a Burkinabé politician who rose to power through a military coup and was President of the Assembly of People's Deputies of Burkina Faso from 1992 to 1997, President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) from 1996 to 1999, and a Minister of State from 1997 to 2000. He was appointed Minister of State for Relations with Parliament and Political Reform in April 2011.

Life and career Yé, a military doctor, He joined the Political Bureau of the National Council of the Revolution (CNR) in 1986. After the October 1987 coup, in which Blaise Compaoré took power, Yé became the National Secretary-General of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution while also a member of the CNR with the rank of Minister. he served as National Coordinator while holding the rank of Minister and participating in the Council of Ministers from March 1988 to March 1989. Subsequently, he was included on the Executive Committee of the Popular Front as National Secretary for Organization from March 1990 to March 1991, to January 1999, Minister of State for Agriculture from January 1999 to October 1999, and Minister of State for the Environment from October 1999 to November 2000. and again won a seat in the May 2007 parliamentary election as a CDP candidate in Balé Province.

Yé died on 30 January 2024, at the age of 66.