List of heads of government of Burkina Faso

Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
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Incumbent Yacouba Isaac Zida Acting since 23 September 2015
Appointer	Michel Kafando, as Interim 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
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 Present		Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting Prime Minister	Mil	2nd Term; Restored

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
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

See also

• List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
• List of governors of Upper Volta
• Lists of office-holders

References

• World Statesmen - Burkina Faso