Talata Eugène Dondassé
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Talata Eugène Dondassé was a Burkinabé politician, who held different ministerial posts in the 1980s. He was known by his initials 'TED'.[1]
As of 1979 he was one of the leaders of Ouagadougou section of the Union of Communist Struggles (ULC).[2] On January 11, 1983 Dondassé was named Minister of Planning in the Popular Salvation Council (CSP) government, representing the tendency of the now-dissolved ULC.[3][4][5] He remained in his ministerial post until May 17, 1983.[4] He became one of the leaders of the Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed (ULC-R).[3]
Dondassé was named Minister of Planning and Cooperation in the National Revolutionary Council (CNR) government formed after the revolution of August 4, 1983, being one of three ULC-R ministers in the cabinet.[4][2][6] He lost his ministerial post when the government was dissolved on August 19, 1984.[7]
In 1986 Dondassé was named Minister of Financial Resources.[8][9]
After the overthrow of Thomas Sankara in 1987, Dondassé was placed under house arrest.[10] In later years he worked as the program coordinator for the Strategic Development Plan of the National Assembly.[1] He died on May 27, 2012 at Institut Gustave Roussy in Villejuif (Paris).[1] Dondassé was buried in Ouagadougou on June 4, 2012.[1]