Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo (born 25 December 1968) is a Burkinabé politician who has been President of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation–African Democratic Rally (ADF-RDA),[1][2] a political party in Burkina Faso, since 2003.
Ouédraogo, whose father was Gérard Kango Ouedraogo,[2] was born in Ouagadougou and is a lawyer by profession.
[9] Ouédraogo and the ADF-RDA supported the proposed constitutional amendment in 2014 that would have lifted term limits and allowed Compaoré to run for President again.
The controversy over the amendment resulted in violent protests and the forced resignation of Compaoré on 31 October 2014.
[12] However, he was barred from running by the Constitutional Council on 29 August 2015, along with the leader of the Congress for Democracy and Progress, Eddie Komboïgo, for supporting the removal of term limits.