Justin Damo Baro | |
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![]() Baro in 2012 | |
Acting Governor of the Central Bank of West African States | |
In office December 23, 2005 – March 29, 2008 | |
Preceded by | Charles Konan Banny |
Succeeded by | Philippe-Henri Dacoury-Tabley |
Minister of Finance of Burkina Faso | |
In office February 1983 – 1986 | |
President | Thomas Sankara |
Preceded by | Pascal Sanou |
Succeeded by | Talata Eugène Dondassé |
Personal details | |
Born | December 31, 1952 Toussiana Department, Houet Province, French Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) |
Damo Justin Baro, also known as Justin Damo Barro,[1] is a Burkinabe economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance between 1983 and 1986 under Thomas Sankara. During that time, he was President of ECOWAS' Council of Ministers. In the 1990s, he served in the World Bank, and later helped create the West African Economic and Monetary Union.