List of heads of state of Burkina Faso facts for kids
Quick facts for kids President of Burkina Faso |
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Presidential Standard
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| Residence | Kosyam Palace |
| Term length | 5 years,
renewable once
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| Inaugural holder | Maurice Yaméogo |
| Formation | 5 August 1960 |
| Succession | President of the National Assembly |
| Salary | 858,399 FCFA annually including allowances |
| Website | https://www.presidencedufaso.bf/ |
This is a list of heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
A total of seven people have served as head of state of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting four Transitional Heads of State/Presidents and one Acting President in rebellion).
The current head of state of Burkina Faso is Interim President Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, who took power during a coup d'état on 30 September 2022.
Term limits
As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Burkina Faso. The term limit has not been met by any president yet.
Titles
- 1960–1980: President of the Republic
- 1980–1982: President of Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress
- 1982 : Chairman of Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation
- 1982–1983: Head of State
- 1983–1987: Chairman of National Revolutionary Council and Head of State
- 1987–1991: President of Popular Front and Head of State
- 1991–2014: President of the Republic
- 2015 : Chairman of National Council for Democracy
- 2015–2022: President of the Republic
- 2022 : President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
- 2022–present: President of the Republic
List of officeholders
- Political parties
Voltaic Democratic Union – African Democratic Rally (UDV–RDA) Popular Front (FP) Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP–MT) Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) People's Movement for Progress (MPP)
- Other factions
Military Independent
- Status
Transitional Head of State/President Acting President in dispute
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Republic of Upper Volta | ||||||||
| 1 |  |
Maurice Yaméogo (1921–1993) |
1959 1965 |
5 August 1960 | 3 January 1966 (deposed) |
5 years, 151 days | UDV–RDA | Position not established |
| 2 |  |
Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005) |
1978 | 3 January 1966 | 25 November 1980 (deposed) |
14 years, 327 days | Military / Independent |
Ouédraogo Himself Conombo |
| 3 |  |
Saye Zerbo (1932–2013) |
— | 25 November 1980 | 7 November 1982 (deposed) |
1 year, 347 days | Military | Himself |
| 4 |  |
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (born 1942) |
— | 9 November 1982 | 4 August 1983 (deposed) |
268 days | Military | Sankara |
| 5 | |
Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) |
— | 4 August 1983 | 4 August 1984 | 1 year | Military | Position abolished |
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Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) |
— | 4 August 1984 | 15 October 1987 (assassinated) |
3 years, 72 days | Military | Position abolished |
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Blaise Compaoré (born 1951) |
1991 1998 2005 2010 |
15 October 1987 | 31 October 2014 (resigned) |
27 years, 16 days | Military / FP ODP–MT / CDP |
Y. Ouédraogo Kaboré K. D. Ouédraogo Yonli Zongo Tiao |
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Honoré Traoré (born 1957) claimant |
— | 31 October 2014 | 1 November 2014 | 1 day | Military | Position vacant |
| – |  |
Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965) |
— | 1 November 2014 | 18 November 2014 | 17 days | Military (RSP) |
Position vacant |
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Michel Kafando (born 1942) |
— | 18 November 2014 | 17 September 2015 (deposed) |
303 days | Independent | Zida |
| – |  |
Gilbert Diendéré (born c. 1960) |
— | 17 September 2015 | 23 September 2015 (junta dissolved) |
6 days | Military (RSP) |
Position vacant |
| – |  |
Chérif Sy (born 1960) |
— | 17 September 2015 | 23 September 2015 | 6 days | Independent | Position vacant |
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Michel Kafando (born 1942) |
— | 23 September 2015 (restored) |
29 December 2015 | 97 days | Independent | Zida |
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 1957) |
2015 2020 |
29 December 2015 | 24 January 2022 (deposed) |
6 years, 26 days | MPP | Thieba Dabiré L. Zerbo |
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Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (born 1981) |
– | 24 January 2022 | 30 September 2022 (deposed) |
249 days | Military | Ouédraogo |
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Ibrahim Traoré (born 1988) |
– | 30 September 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 85 days | Military | Tambèla |
Timeline
Latest election
2020 Burkinabé general election
See also
- Politics of Burkina Faso
- List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso
- List of colonial governors of French Upper Volta
