Career
Sawadogo was High Commissioner of Kadiogo Province and President of the Special Delegation of Ouagadougou from August 1984 to September 1986. Subsequently he was headmaster of the Marien Ngouabi School from September 1986 to November 1987. In the May 1992 parliamentary election, he was elected to the Assembly of People"s Deputies as a candidate of the Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement (ODP-Montana) ruling party.
He was re-elected to the legislature (renamed as the National Assembly) in the May 1997 parliamentary election as a Career Development Pathway candidate.
He became Fourth Vice-President of the National Assembly in June 2000 and later became Third Vice-President, while holding responsibility for matters of legislation. In the May 2002 parliamentary election, Sawadogo was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate on the Career Development Pathway"s national list.
Subsequently he rejoined the Foreign Affairs and Defense Commission in June 2002. Afterwards, he moved to the Social and Cultural Affairs Commission, and he became Second Vice-President of the National Assembly in charge of administrative and financial affairs in June 2004.
In the Parliamentary Assembly of Louisiana Francophonie, Sawadogo has served as President of the Cooperation and Development Commission.
In the May 2007 parliamentary election, Sawadogo was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate on the Career Development Pathway"s national list.