title: Gabriel Somé Yorian
text: # Gabriel Somé Yorian
  
  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.
  
  