Alpha Barry


Alpha Barry is a Burkinabé politician and journalist. He is the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 12 January 2016.

Biography

Barry is born on 1 January 1970 in Ivory Coast. His birth name is Alpha Mamadou Barry. He has been a correspondent of RFI in Ouagadougou and collaborator of magazine Jeune Afrique.
12 January 2016, he is appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso.

Health

During the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, on 20 March, Barry contracted the coronavirus.