| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Person 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Thomas_Sankara 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1949-12-21 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Yako,_French_Upper_Volta 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1987-10-15 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Ouagadougou,_Burkina_Faso 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:Military_Academy_of_Antsirabe 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | African leftist movements 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Fidel_Castro gptkb:Che_Guevara
 Kwame Nkrumah
 
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                                | gptkbp:killedBy | 1987-10-15 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:African_socialism anti-imperialism
 women's rights advocacy
 renaming Upper Volta to Burkina Faso
 
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                                | gptkbp:legacy | Icon of Pan-Africanism Martyr of African revolutionaries
 Symbol of anti-colonialism
 
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                                | gptkbp:militaryRank | Captain 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | Burkinabé 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:revolutionary gptkb:politician
 Military officer
 
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                                | gptkbp:party | gptkb:National_Council_for_the_Revolution 
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                                | gptkbp:positionHeld | gptkb:President_of_Burkina_Faso 
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                                | gptkbp:predecessor | gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Ouédraogo 
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                                | gptkbp:signaturePolicy | gptkb:farmer environmental protection
 vaccination campaigns
 anti-corruption measures
 literacy campaigns
 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Mariama_Sankara 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:Blaise_Compaoré 
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                                | gptkbp:termEnd | 1987-10-15 
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                                | gptkbp:termStart | 1983-08-04 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Jude_Idada 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Sankara 
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