Harouna Kaboré


Harouna Kaboré is a Burkinabé politician. He is currently the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts.

Biography

Harouna Kaboré was born on 24 July 1977 in Assuéfry, Ivory Coast. Harouna Kaboré studied in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, then in France. He obtained a professional license in multi-technical maintenance engineering at the Paris XII University in 2006.
In 2010, he came back to Burkina Faso to "participate in the economic and social transformations of the motherland". He created his first two entreprises and another in Ivory Coast.
On 31 January 2018, Harouna Kaboré was appointed the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts, replacing Stéphane Sanou. He took office on 5 February.
On 19 January 2019, he resigned together with other members of Thieba cabinet. On 25 January, he was reappointed as the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts.