Colonial heads of Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
French Suzerainty
Incorporated into Haut-Sénégal-Niger
1904 to 1 March 1919
*Colony of Upper Volta (Haute-Volta)* within French West Africa
9 November 1919 to 7 August 1927	Édouard Hesling, Lieutenant Governor
7 August 1927 to 13 January 1928	Robert Arnaud, acting Lieutenant Governor
13 January 1928 to 22 December 1932	Albéric Fournier, Lieutenant Governor
22 December 1932 to 31 December 1932	Gabriel Descemet, Lieutenant Governor
6 September 1947 to 29 April 1948	Gaston Mourgues, acting Governor
29 April 1948 to 23 February 1953	Albert Mouragues, Governor
23 February 1953 to 3 November 1956	Salvador Jean Étcheber, Governor
3 November 1956 to 15 July 1958	Yvon Bourges, Governor
15 July 1958 to 11 December 1958	Max Berthet, acting Governor
11 December 1958 to February 1959	Max Berthet, High Commissioner
February 1959 to 5 August 1960	Paul Masson, High Commissioner
Republic of Upper Volta	Autonomous
(République de Haute-Volta)
11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960	Maurice Yaméogo, President	Becoming President of Republic of Upper Volta
5 August 1960	Independence as Republic of Upper Volta