Henri Zongo (died 19 September 1989) was a Burkinabé politician and military officer. He served as a key figure in the country's history after decolonisation: Zongo was involved in two successful coup d'états and accused of being the conspirator of a third that led to his execution.
Zongo, Thomas Sankara, Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani and Blaise Compaoré formed the inner core of a military group that launched the 1983 coup d'état that brought Sankara to power as president. Zongo was appointed as the Minister of Economic Promotion on 4 August 1983, a role he served until his death. Zongo also served as the Sports Minister of Upper Volta; he called for an African boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics to protest against Britain's sporting links with South Africa, whose apartheid rule institutionalised racial segregation.
