He was elected MP in 1992 under the banner of the Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP–MT), but gave up his seat to his deputy to become Minister of Trade, Industry and Mines the same year.

He later left the Congress for Democracy and Progress (created as a result of the merger of the ODP–MT and other parties) following policy disagreement.

He became a researcher at the American Harvard University, then Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and then Africa and Middle East director of the AREVA group.

He was the UPC candidate in the November 2015 presidential election, placing second behind Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

On July 25, 2020, Zéphirin Diabré, was invested in Ouagadougou by his party, the Union for Progress and Change (UPC), presidential candidate in November 2020. politics Career