Gabriel Somé Yoryan’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Architect of a military coup against Colonel Saye Zerbo, the then head of the army of Burkina Faso
A.K.A. Gabriel Some Yoryan
Was Soldier 
From Burkina Faso 
Type Military 
Gender male
Birth 1935
Death 9 August 1983
(aged 48 years)

Gabriel Some Yoryan was the architect of a military coup against Colonel Saye Zerbo, the then head of the army of Burkina Faso. He did not himself assume power, but allowed Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo to take over.

Yoryan was killed later on in another coup launched by Captain Thomas Sankara.

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