List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

{{Infobox official post

| post = President

| body = Burkina Faso

| native_name = {{lang|fr|Président du Burkina Faso}}

| insignia = Presidential Standard of Burkina Faso.svg{{!}}border

| insigniasize = 125px

| insigniacaption = Presidential Standard

| image = Ibrahim Traoré - 2023 (cropped).png

| imagesize = 165px

| incumbent = Ibrahim Traoré
(Interim)

| incumbentsince = 30 September 2022{{NoteTag|As President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration until October 6, when he was additionally sworn in as Interim President{{cite news |title=Traore officially appointed as president of Burkina Faso after coup |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20221006-traore-officially-appointed-as-president-of-burkina-faso-after-coup |access-date=8 October 2022 |work=France24 |date=6 October 2022}}}}

| style =

| residence = Kosyam Palace

| appointer =

| termlength = Five years,

| termlength_qualified = renewable once

| constituting_instrument = Constitution of Burkina Faso

| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1960|8|5}}

| succession = President of the National Assembly{{Cite web |url=http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/statutan.htm |title = L'Assemblée nationale : Création et statut |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010421040254fw_/http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/statutan.htm |archive-date=21 April 2001 |url-status=dead}}

| inaugural = Maurice Yaméogo

| deputy =

| salary = 858,399 FCFA annually including allowances{{Cite web|url=https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article48307|title=Salaire des agents de l'Etat : Ce que gagnent les hautes personnalités - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso|website=lefaso.net|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062607/https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article48307|url-status=live}}

| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-burkina-faso-capital-reuters-witnesses-2022-09-30/ |title=Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government |author1=Thiam Ndiaga |author2=Anne Mimault |work=Reuters |date=30 September 2022 |access-date=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.{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies}}

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–present: President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
2022–present: President of the Republic

List of officeholders

;Political parties

{{legend|{{party color|African Democratic Rally (Burkina Faso)}}|Voltaic Democratic Union – African Democratic Rally (UDV–RDA)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement}}|Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP–MT)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}|Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|People's Movement for Progress}}|People's Movement for Progress (MPP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Other factions

{{legend|{{party color|Military rule}}|Military|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Independent politician}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Status

{{legend|#E6E6AA|Transitional Head of State/President|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|#C0C0C0|Acting President in dispute|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \|{{Abbr\|No.\|Number}} ! rowspan="2" \|Portrait ! rowspan="2" \|Name {{small\|(Birth–Death)}} ! rowspan="2" \|Elected ! colspan="3" \|Term of office ! rowspan="2" \|Political party ! rowspan="2" \|Prime minister(s)
Took office ! Left office ! Time in office
colspan="9" \|Republic of Upper Volta
style="background:{{party color\|African Democratic Rally (Burkina Faso)}}; color:white;"\| 1 \| 90px \| Maurice Yaméogo {{small\|(1921–1993)}} \| 1959 1965 \| {{nowrap\|5 August}} 1960 \| {{nowrap\|3 January}} 1966 {{small\|(deposed)}} \| {{ayd\|1960\|08\|05\|1966\|01\|03}} \| UDV–RDA \| Position not established
style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}; color:black;"\| 2 \| 90px \| Sangoulé Lamizana {{small\|(1916–2005)}} \| 1978 \| {{nowrap\|3 January}} 1966 \| {{nowrap\|25 November}} 1980 {{small\|(deposed)}} \| {{ayd\|1966\|01\|03\|1980\|11\|25}} \| Military / Independent \| Ouédraogo Himself Conombo
style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| 3 \| 90px \| Saye Zerbo {{small\|(1932–2013)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|25 November}} 1980 \| {{nowrap\|7 November}} 1982 {{small\|(deposed)}} \| {{ayd\|1980\|11\|25\|1982\|11\|07}} \| Military \| Himself
style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| 4 \| 90px \| Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo {{small\|(born 1942)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|9 November}} 1982 \| {{nowrap\|4 August}} 1983 {{small\|(deposed)}} \| {{ayd\|1982\|11\|09\|1983\|08\|04}} \| Military \| Sankara
style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| 5 \| 90px \| Thomas Sankara {{small\|(1949–1987)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|4 August}} 1983 \| {{nowrap\|4 August}} 1984 \| {{age in years\|1983\|08\|04\|1984\|08\|04}} year \| Military \| Position abolished
colspan="9" \|Burkina Faso
style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| {{small\|(5)}} \| 90px \| Thomas Sankara {{small\|(1949–1987)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|4 August}} 1984 \| {{nowrap\|15 October}} 1987 {{small\|(assassinated)}} \| {{ayd\|1984\|08\|04\|1987\|10\|15}} \| Military \| Position abolished
style="background:{{party color\|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}; color:white;"\| 6 \| 90px \| Blaise Compaoré {{small\|(born 1951)}} \| 1991 1998 2005 2010 \| {{nowrap\|15 October}} 1987 \| {{nowrap\|31 October}} 2014 {{small\|(resigned)}} \| {{ayd\|1987\|10\|15\|2014\|10\|31}} \| {{nowrap\|Military / FP}} {{nowrap\|ODP–MT / CDP}} \| Y. Ouédraogo Kaboré K. D. Ouédraogo Yonli Zongo Tiao
style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| – \| 90px \| Honoré Traoré {{small\|(born 1957)}} {{small\|claimant}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|31 October}} 2014 \| {{nowrap\|1 November}} 2014 \| {{ayd\|2014\|10\|31\|2014\|11\|01}} \| Military \| Position vacant
style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| – \| 90px \| Yacouba Isaac Zida {{small\|(born 1965)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|1 November}} 2014 \| {{nowrap\|18 November}} 2014 \| {{ayd\|2014\|11\|01\|2014\|11\|18}} \| Military {{small\|(RSP)}} \| Position vacant
style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}; color:black;"\| – \| 90px \| Michel Kafando {{small\|(born 1942)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|18 November}} 2014 \| {{nowrap\|17 September}} 2015 {{small\|(deposed)}} \| {{ayd\|2014\|11\|18\|2015\|09\|17}} \| Independent \| Zida
style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| – \| 90px \| Gilbert Diendéré {{small\|(born {{circa}} 1960)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|17 September}} 2015 \| {{nowrap\|23 September}} 2015 {{small\|(junta dissolved)}} \| {{ayd\|2015\|09\|17\|2015\|09\|23}} \| Military {{small\|(RSP)}} \| Position vacant
style="background:#c0c0c0;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}; color:;"\| – \| 90px \| Chérif Sy {{small\|(born 1960)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|17 September}} 2015 \| {{nowrap\|23 September}} 2015 \| {{ayd\|2015\|09\|17\|2015\|09\|23}} \| Independent \| Position vacant
style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}}; color:black;"\| – \| 90px \| Michel Kafando {{small\|(born 1942)}} \| — \| {{nowrap\|23 September}} 2015 {{small\|(restored)}} \| {{nowrap\|29 December}} 2015 \| {{ayd\|2015\|09\|23\|2015\|12\|29}} \| Independent \| Zida
style="background:{{party color\|People's Movement for Progress}}; color:white;"\| 7 \| 90px \| Roch Marc Christian Kaboré {{small\|(born 1957)}} \| 2015 2020 \| {{nowrap\|29 December}} 2015 \| {{nowrap\|24 January}} 2022 {{small\|(deposed)}} \| {{ayd\|2015\|12\|29\|2022\|01\|24}} \| MPP \| Thieba Dabiré L. Zerbo
style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| – \| 90px \| Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba {{small\|(born 1981)}} \| – \| {{nowrap\|24 January}} 2022 \| {{nowrap\|30 September}} 2022 {{small\|(deposed)}} \| {{ayd\|2022\|01\|24\|2022\|09\|30}} \| Military \| Ouédraogo
style="background:#e6e6aa;" ! style="background:{{party color\|Military rule}}; color:black;"\| – \| 90px \| Ibrahim Traoré {{small\|(born 1988)}} \| – \| {{nowrap\|30 September}} 2022 \| Incumbent \| {{ayd\|2022\|09\|30}} \| Military \| Tambèla J. E. Ouédraogo

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" |Portrait

! rowspan="2" |Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! rowspan="2" |Elected

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" |Political party

! rowspan="2" |Prime minister(s)

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

colspan="9" |Republic of Upper Volta

style="background:{{party color|African Democratic Rally (Burkina Faso)}}; color:white;"| 1

List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

Term limits

Titles

List of officeholders

Timeline

Latest election

See also

Notes

References

External links