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Henri Guissou
Henri Guissou (17 November 1910, Koudougou, French Upper Volta – 22 May 1979, Koudougou) was a Burkinabé politician and diplomat.
Henri Guissou was senator from Côte d'Ivoire from 1947 to 1948, and member for French Upper Volta to the National Assembly of France from 1949 to 1959, Guissou also served in the French Senate from 1947-1948. From 1948 to 1952 he was member for Koudougou of the Territorial Assembly of French Upper Volta. A political leader of the Voltaic Union, he founded the
Joseph Conombo, Henri Guissou, Joseph Ouedraogo and Maurice Yaméogo.
In the 1951 elections UV sent four members to the National Assembly: Dr. Joseph Conombo, Henri Guissou, Nazi Boni and Mamadou Ouédraogo.
However, when its main backer, Governor Mouragues, left Upper Volta in 1953, the unity of UV became fragile. In 1955 Conombo and Guissou formed a new party, the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses (PSEMA). Similarly Nazi Boni founded the African Popular Movement (MPA) the same