Ouédraogo, a member of the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), later served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from January 1999 to June 2007.

Under Thomas Sankara, Ouédraogo was appointed to the government as Minister of Planning and Popular Development on 31 August 1984, remaining in that position for three years.

[4] He then served as Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and the European Union[1] before being appointed as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in January 1999.

[10] Under Thomas Sankara (President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987), Ouédraogo was appointed to the government as Minister of Planning and Popular Development on 31 August 1984,[11] remaining in that position for three years.

[13] He also had a diplomatic career, serving as an Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and the European Union[14] before being appointed as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in January 1999.

[15] Chairman of the African Group of Ambassadors Committee – Caribbean – Pacific (ACP), he is one of the main negotiators in front of the European Commission at the renewal of the Fourth Geneva Convention governing the ACP-EU Partnership for the period 1995–1999.

He strongly supported the preferential agreement proposed by the United States to promote trade relations with Africa (AGOA) and the creation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

He was appointed to that position to deepen and/or expand the partnership between the Bank and its Member States,[24] Regional Economic Communities and international institutions.