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
Emblem of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic smaller size "ҚҚАССР". Changes in the emblem of 1978: the abbreviation of the name of the republic in Russian was deleted; the distribution of the words of the motto on the ribbon turns has changed - if earlier on each tape there were two words arranged in two rows, now there are four words on the upper turn of the tape (in two rows), and on the bottom - only one. Emblem of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Emblem of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The first Constitution of the Karakalpak ASSR was adopted on December 21, 1934,