List of heads of government of Burkina Faso
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
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Coat of Arms | |
Appointer |
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, as President 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 |
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French Upper Volta | Autonomous | |||
(Haute-Volta) | ||||
18 May 1957 to 26 July 1958 | Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, Vice President of the Government Council | RDA/PDU | ||
26 July 1958 to 7 September 1958 | Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, President of the Government Council | PDU | Died in office | |
7 September 1958 to 21 October 1958 | Maurice Yaméogo, acting President of the Government Council | UDV | ||
21 October 1958 to 11 December 1958 | Maurice Yaméogo, President of the Government Council | UDV | ||
Republic of Upper Volta | Autonomous | |||
(République de Haute-Volta) | ||||
11 December 1958 to 11 December 1959 | Maurice Yaméogo, Prime Minister | UDV | ||
11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Post Abolished | |||
Republic of Upper Volta | Independence from France | |||
(République de Haute-Volta) | ||||
5 August 1960 to 13 February 1971 | Post Abolished | |||
13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974 | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Prime Minister | UDV-RDA | ||
8 February 1974 to 7 July 1978 | Sangoulé Lamizana, Prime Minister | MNR | ||
7 July 1978 to 25 November 1980 | Joseph Conombo, Prime Minister | UDV-RDA | Deposed in a coup d'état | |
25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982 | Saye Zerbo, Prime Minister | Mil | Deposed in a coup d'état | |
7 November 1982 to 10 January 1983 | Vacant | |||
10 January 1983 to 17 May 1983 | Thomas Sankara, Prime Minister | Mil | Dismissed and placed under house arrest | |
17 May 1983 to 4 August 1984 | Post Abolished | |||
Burkina Faso | ||||
4 August 1984 to 16 June 1992 | Post Abolished | |||
16 June 1992 to 22 March 1994 | Youssouf Ouédraogo, Prime Minister | ODP-MT | ||
22 March 1994 to 6 February 1996 | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Prime Minister | ODP-MT | ||
6 February 1996 to 7 November 2000 | Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, Prime Minister | CDP | ||
7 November 2000 to 11 June 2007 | Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Prime Minister | CDP | ||
11 June 2007 to 18 April 2011 | Tertius Zongo, Prime Minister | CDP | Dismissed during the 2011 protests | |
18 April 2011 to 30 October 2014 | Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Prime Minister | CDP | Dismissed during the 2014 uprising | |
30 October 2014 to 19 November 2014 | Vacant | |||
19 November 2014 to 17 September 2015 | Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting Prime Minister | Mil | 1st Term; Deposed in a coup d'état | |
17 September 2015 to 23 September 2015 | Vacant | |||
23 September 2015 to 29 December 2015 | Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting Prime Minister | Mil | 2nd Term; Restored | |
29 December 2015 to 6 January 2016 | Vacant | |||
6 January 2016 to Present | Paul Kaba Thieba, Prime Minister | MPP |
Affiliations
CDP | Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès |
(Congress for Democracy and Progress) extreme left, abandoned marxism 1 August 1997, former ODP-MT | |
PDP | Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès |
(Party for Democracy and Progress) social-democratic | |
FP | Front Popular |
(Popular Front) | |
MDV | Voltaïc Democratic Movement |
MNR | National Movement for Renewal |
MPP | People's Movement for Progress |
ODP-MT | Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire-MT |
(Organization for People’s Democracy-Worker’s Movement) renamed CDP | |
PDU | Parti Démocratique Unifié |
(Unified Democratic Party) | |
RDA | Rassemblement Démocratique Africain |
(Rally for a Democratic Africa) | |
UDV | Union Démocratique du Volta |
(Democratic Union of Volta) only legal party 1960–1966 | |
UDV-RDA | Union Démocratique du Voltaic-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain |
(Voltaic Democratic Union-Rally for a Democratic Africa) | |
Mil | Military |
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