[3][4][5] In May 1998,[6] he was the Honorary President for Life of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation–African Democratic Rally (ADF/ADR), which is led by his son, Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo.

[8] Gérard Ouédraogo was born on September 19, 1925, in Naba Kango Cave, Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso.

Afterwards, he had accumulated the positions: Director of African and Malagasy Affairs, representative of UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) in the Upper Volta and Chairman of the Political and Administrative Affairs Committee of the Territorial Assembly of Upper Volta.

[9] Ouédraogo was the founding president of several political movements, including the Mouvement de regroupement voltaïque (VRM).

In favor of the 1991 democratic opening of Burkina Faso, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo was elected deputy in May 1992 and reelected in May 1997.