List of heads of government of Burkina Faso

Prime Minister of Burkina Faso

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Incumbent
Yacouba Isaac Zida
Acting
since 19 November 2014
Appointer Michel Kafando,
as Interim Head of State of Burkina Faso
Inaugural holder Gérard Kango Ouédraogo
Formation 13 February 1971
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The following is a list of heads of government of Burkina Faso, since the country gained independence from France in 1960 as the Republic of Upper Volta.

List of Heads of Government of Burkina Faso

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
French Upper VoltaAutonomous
(Haute-Volta)
18 May 1957 to 26 July 1958 Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, Vice President of the Government CouncilRDA/PDU
26 July 1958 to 7 September 1958Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, President of the Government CouncilPDUDied in office
7 September 1958 to 21 October 1958Maurice Yaméogo, acting President of the Government CouncilUDV
21 October 1958 to 11 December 1958Maurice Yaméogo, President of the Government CouncilUDV
Republic of Upper VoltaAutonomous
(République de Haute-Volta)
11 December 1958 to 11 December 1959Maurice Yaméogo, Prime MinisterUDV
11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960Post Abolished
Republic of Upper VoltaIndependence from France
(République de Haute-Volta)
5 August 1960 to 13 February 1971Post Abolished
13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974 Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Prime MinisterUDV-RDA
8 February 1974 to 7 July 1978 Sangoulé Lamizana, Prime MinisterMNR
7 July 1978 to 25 November 1980 Joseph Conombo, Prime MinisterUDV-RDADeposed in a coup d'état
25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982 Saye Zerbo, Prime MinisterMilDeposed in a coup d'état
7 November 1982 to 10 January 1983Vacant
10 January 1983 to 17 May 1983Thomas Sankara, Prime MinisterMilDismissed and placed under house arrest
17 May 1983 to 4 August 1984Post Abolished
Burkina Faso
4 August 1984 to 16 June 1992Post Abolished
16 June 1992 to 22 March 1994 Youssouf Ouédraogo, Prime MinisterODP-MT
22 March 1994 to 6 February 1996Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Prime MinisterODP-MT
6 February 1996 to 7 November 2000 Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, Prime MinisterCDP
7 November 2000 to 11 June 2007Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Prime MinisterCDP
11 June 2007 to 18 April 2011Tertius Zongo, Prime MinisterCDPDismissed during the 2011 Burkinabè protests
18 April 2011 to 30 October 2014 Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Prime MinisterCDPDismissed during the 2014 Burkinabé uprising
30 October 2014 to 19 November 2014Vacant
19 November 2014 to Present Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting Prime MinisterMil

Affiliations

CDPCongrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
(Congress for Democracy and Progress) extreme left, abandoned marxism 1 August 1997, former ODP-MT
PDPParti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
(Party for Democracy and Progress) social-democratic
FPFront Popular
(Popular Front)
MDVVoltaïc Democratic Movement
MNRNational Movement for Renewal
ODP-MTOrganisation pour la Démocratie Populaire-MT
(Organization for People’s Democracy-Worker’s Movement) renamed CDP
PDUParti Démocratique Unifié
(Unified Democratic Party)
RDARassemblement Démocratique Africain
(Rally for a Democratic Africa)
UDVUnion Démocratique du Volta
(Democratic Union of Volta) only legal party 1960–1966
UDV-RDAUnion Démocratique du Voltaic-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
(Voltaic Democratic Union-Rally for a Democratic Africa)
MilMilitary

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