List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso
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This is a list of prime ministers of Burkina Faso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present day.
| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
Premier ministre du Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms | |
| Appointer | President of Burkina Faso |
| Inaugural holder | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo |
| Formation | 13 February 1971 |
| Salary | 869,740 FCFA annually including allowances[1] |
A total of thirteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso.
Key
change- Political parties
- Other factions
List
change| No. | Portrait | Prime Minister (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political affiliation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Republic of Upper Volta | ||||||
| 1 | Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly
(1909–1958) |
5 August 1956 | 3 September 1957 | UDV–RDA | ||
| 2 | 
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Maurice Yaméogo
(1921–1993) |
3 September 1957 | 3 January 1966
(deposed.) |
UDV–RDA | |
| 3 | Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005) | 3 January 1966 | 13 February 1971 | Independent | ||
| 4 | 
|
Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925–2014) |
13 February 1971 | 8 February 1974 | UDV–RDA | |
| (3) |
|
Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005) |
8 February 1974 | 7 July 1978 | Independent | |
| 5 |
|
Joseph Conombo (1917–2008) |
7 July 1978 | 25 November 1980 (deposed.) |
UDV–RDA | |
| 6 |
|
Saye Zerbo (1932–2013) |
25 November 1980 | 7 November 1982 (deposed.) |
Military | |
| 7 | Yorian Gabriel Somé
(1930–2009) |
7 November 1982 | 1 January 1983 | Independent | ||
| 8 | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
(1941–) |
1 January 1983 | 10 January 1983 | Independent | ||
| 9 | Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) |
10 January 1983 | 17 May 1983 (dismissed and arrested.) |
Military | ||
| 10 | Blaise Compaoré
(1951–) |
17 May 1983 | 4 August 1984 | Independent | ||
| Burkina Faso | ||||||
| (9) | Thomas Sankara(1949–1987) | 4 August 1984 | 15 October 1987
(assassinated.) |
Military | ||
| (10) | Blaise Compaoré
(1951–) |
15 October 1987 | 18 September 1989 | ODP–MT | ||
| 11 | Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani
(1951–1989) |
18 September 1989 | 18 September 1989 (assassinated) | Military | ||
| 12 | Henri Zongo
(1960–1989) |
18 September 1989 | 18 September 1989 (assassinated) | Military | ||
| (10) | Blaise Compaoré
(1951–) |
18 September 1989 | 16 June 1989 | ODP–MT | ||
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Youssouf Ouédraogo (1952–2017) |
16 June 1992 | 22 March 1994 | ODP–MT | |
| 14 | 
|
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957–) |
22 March 1994 | 6 February 1996 | ODP–MT | |
| 15 | 
|
Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo (1953–) |
6 February 1996 | 7 November 2000 | CDP | |
| 16 | 
|
Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956–) |
7 November 2000 | 11 June 2007 | CDP | |
| 17 | 
|
Tertius Zongo (1957–) |
11 June 2007 | 18 April 2011 (dismissed.) |
CDP | |
| 18 |
|
Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954–) |
18 April 2011 | 30 October 2014 (dismissed.) |
CDP | |
| 19 | Honoré Traoré(1957–) | 30 October 2014 | 19 November
2014 |
Independent | ||
| 20 | Yacouba Isaac Zida(1964–) | 19 November 2014 | 19 November
2014 |
Independent | ||
| 21 | Yacouba Isaac Zida (1964–) |
19 November 2014 | 17 September 2015 (deposed.) |
Military (RSP) | ||
| 17 September 2015 |
29 December 2015 | Military | ||||
| 22 | Michel Kafando
(1942–) |
29 December 2015 | 6 January 2016 | Independent | ||
| 23 | 
|
Paul Kaba Thieba (1959–) |
6 January 2016 | 19 January 2019 (resigned.) |
Independent | |
| 24 | 
|
Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (1948–) |
19 January 2019 | 8 December 2021 | Independent | |
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Lassina Zerbo (1963–) |
10 December 2021 | 24 January 2022 | Independent | |
| 27 | Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba | 24 January 2022 | 3 March 2022 | Independent | ||
| 28 | Albert Ouédraogo (1969–) |
3 March 2022 | 30 September 2022 | Independent | ||
| 29 | Ibrahim Traoré (born 1988) | 30 September 2022 | 20 October 2022 | Independent | ||
| 30 | Ousmane Bougouma | 20 October 2022 | 20 October 2022 | Independent | ||
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Apollinaire de Tambèla (1955–) |
20 October 2022 | Incumbent | Independent | |