List of heads of state of Burkina Faso explained

Post:	President
Body:	Burkina Faso
Native Name:	French: Président du Burkina Faso
Insignia:	Presidential Standard of Burkina Faso.svgborder
Insigniasize:	125px
Insigniacaption:	Presidential Standard
Incumbent:	Ibrahim Traoré (Interim)
Incumbentsince:	30 September 2022
Residence:	Kosyam Palace
Termlength:	5 years,
Termlength Qualified:	renewable once
Formation:	5 August 1960
Succession:	President of the National Assembly^[1]
Inaugural:	Maurice Yaméogo
Salary:	858,399 FCFA annually including allowances^[2]
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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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

Other factions

Status

	Portrait	Name	Elected	Term of office			Political party	Prime minister(s)
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
Republic of Upper Volta
1		Maurice Yaméogo	1959 1965	1960	1966		UDV–RDA	Position not established
2		Sangoulé Lamizana	1978	1966	1980		Military / Independent	Ouédraogo Himself Conombo
3		Saye Zerbo	—	1980	1982		Military	Himself
4		Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo	—	1982	1983		Military	Sankara
5		Thomas Sankara	—	1983	1984	year	Military	Position abolished
Burkina Faso
		Thomas Sankara	—	1984	1987		Military	Position abolished
6		Blaise Compaoré	1991 1998 2005 2010	1987	2014			Y. Ouédraogo Kaboré K. D. Ouédraogo Yonli Zongo Tiao
–		Honoré Traoré	—	2014	2014		Military	Position vacant
–		Yacouba Isaac Zida	—	2014	2014		Military	Position vacant
–		Michel Kafando	—	2014	2015		Independent	Zida
–		Gilbert Diendéré	—	2015	2015		Military	Position vacant
–		Chérif Sy	—	2015	2015		Independent	Position vacant
–		Michel Kafando	—	2015	2015		Independent	Zida
7		Roch Marc Christian Kaboré	2015 2020	2015	2022		MPP	Thieba Dabiré L. Zerbo
–		Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba	–	2022	2022		Military	Ouédraogo
–		Ibrahim Traoré	–	2022	Incumbent		Military	Tambèla

Latest election

See main article: 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

External links

• Presidency
• World Statesmen – Burkina Faso

Notes and References

1. Web site: L'Assemblée nationale : Création et statut . https://web.archive.org/web/20010421040254fw_/http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/statutan.htm . 21 April 2001 . dead.
2. Web site: Salaire des agents de l'Etat : Ce que gagnent les hautes personnalités - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso. lefaso.net. 30 October 2019. 17 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062607/https://lefaso.net/spip.php?article48307. live.
3. Web site: Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government . Thiam Ndiaga . Anne Mimault . Reuters . 30 September 2022 . 30 September 2022.
4. Web site: Cook . Candace . Siegle . Joseph . Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa . Africa Center for Strategic Studies.