Seydou Bouda (born 31 December 1958[1][2]) is a Burkinabé politician who has been Burkina Faso's Ambassador to the United States since 2011.
[1] An economist,[1][2] he began working at the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation in 1986; later, he was Secretary-General of the Ministry of Employment, Labor and Social Security from 1991 to 1995, and in November 2000 he became Secretary-General of the Government and the Council of Ministers.
[1][3][4] Following the outbreak of the Ivorian Civil War in September 2002, Bouda said that "the eventual economic consequences of the crisis in Ivory Coast will be catastrophic to our country".
[1][2] After that election, he remained in the government but was moved to the post of Minister of the Civil Service and State Reform on 10 June 2007.
[1] After a little more than a year, his portfolio was again changed on 3 September 2008; this time he was appointed as Minister of Health, replacing Alain Bédouma Yoda.