H.E Cessouma Minata Samate
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H.E Cessouma Minata Samate

H.E Cessouma Minata Samate
Commissioner for Political Affairs, African Union Commission
Burkina Faso

H.E. Cessouma Minata Samate is a Burkina Faso diplomat, born on 14 July 1961.

 

She was elected the new Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission. Ambassador Samate is an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Burkina Faso in Ethiopia, Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

 

She also served as the State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, in charge of Regional Cooperation in Burkina Faso.

 

H.E. Cessouma Minata Samate was named among the Inaugural List of 100 Most Influential African Women in 2019 by Avance Media.

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