[4] In December 1988, he graduated with a Diploma of Specialized Higher Education (DESS) in Banking and Finance from the Paris Descartes University.

[4] In September 1998, he was appointed head of the foreign exchange service of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and served until July 2000.

Between February 2014 and his appointment as head of government in January 2016, he was managing director of the Financial Stability Fund of the West African Monetary Union.

[2] He faced his first test as prime minister when Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb militants attacked Hotel Splendid in Ouagadougou on 15 January 2016.

[7] On 19 January 2019, Theiba and his entire cabinet resigned from office, a move that was announced in a televised statement by President Kaboré.