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Ali Barraud N'Goni (born January 31, 1918)[1] was a Burkinabé politician who served as Minister of Public Health and Population for Upper Volta.[2] He resigned his position on January 22, 1974.[3]

He was involved in the 1948 founding of the Voltaic Democratic Union (PDV),[4] which joined with the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses (PSEMA) in 1956 to form the Unified Democratic Party (PDU) electoral alliance.[5]

From 1957 to 1959, he served as a member of the delegation of Upper Volta to the Grand Council of French Western Africa.[6] In 1971, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.[7]


  1. Détail sur la personnalité sélectionnée - BARRAUD N’GONI Ali (French) Retrieved on April 12, 2008
  2. United Nations (1947). Treaty Series. United Nations. pp. 215. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
  3. "Burkina Faso : la petite histoire des coups d'Etat" (in French). L'Observateur Paalga. 2003-10-08. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
  4. Hodgkin, Thomas Lionel (1971). African Political Parties: An Introductory Guide. Peter Smith. pp. 208. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
  5. Janda, Kenneth (1980). Political Parties: A Cross-National Survey. New York: Free Press. pp. 933–34. ISBN 0-02-916120-7. 
  6. "Détail sur le repère sélectionné" (in French). La Petite académie. 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
  7. World Health Organization (1959). WHO Chronicle. World Health Organization. pp. 373. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
