Burkina Faso and Michel Kafando was reinstated as Acting President. In the general election held on 29 November 2015, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré won in the first round with 53.5% of the vote and was sworn in as President on 29 December 2015. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara. The words "Burkina" and "Faso" both stem from different languages spoken in the country: "Burkina" comes from Mossi and means "upright" showing how the people are proud of their integrity, while "Faso" comes from the Dyula language and
State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan State Anthem of the Republic of Tatarstan The National Anthem of Tatarstan (; ) was originally adopted in 1993 without lyrics. The music was composed by Rustem Yakhin. The anthem eventually had lyrics, written by Ramazan Baytimerov. Being that both Russian and Tatar are official languages of Tatarstan, the anthem's lyrics are written in both languages, as done in a similar manner to the anthem of the Altai Republic. However, it is difficult to have corresponding Russian words to a Tatar text, due to the different structures of the two languages, so as a result the lyrics are not official.