| Post: | Prime Minister |
| Body: | Burkina Faso |
| Native Name: | French: Premier ministre du<br>Burkina Faso |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Burkina Faso.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms |
| Incumbent: | Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (Interim) |
| Incumbentsince: | 21 October 2022 |
| Appointer: | Ibrahim Traoré, |
| Formation: | 13 February 1971 |
| Inaugural: | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo |
| Salary: | 869,740 CFA francs/US$ 1,425 annually including allowances[1] |
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.
A total of fifteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting two Interim Prime Ministers).
The current interim Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla, since 21 October 2022.[2]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Head(s) of state | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Republic of Upper Volta | ||||||||
| 1 | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo | 1971 | 1974 | UDV–RDA | Lamizana | |||
| 2 | Sangoulé Lamizana | 1974 | 1978 | Independent | Himself | |||
| 3 | Joseph Conombo | 1978 | 1980 | UDV–RDA | Lamizana | |||
| 4 | Saye Zerbo | 1980 | 1982 | Military | Himself | |||
| Vacant (7 November 1982 – 10 January 1983) | ||||||||
| 5 | Thomas Sankara | 1983 | 1983 | Military | Ouédraogo | |||
| Post abolished (17 May 1983 – 4 August 1984) | ||||||||
| Burkina Faso | ||||||||
| Post abolished (4 August 1984 – 16 June 1992) | ||||||||
| 6 | Youssouf Ouédraogo | 1992 | 1994 | ODP–MT | Compaoré | |||
| 7 | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | 1994 | 1996 | ODP–MT | ||||
| 8 | Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo | 1996 | 2000 | CDP | ||||
| 9 | Paramanga Ernest Yonli | 2000 | 2007 | CDP | ||||
| 10 | Tertius Zongo | 2007 | 2011 | CDP | ||||
| 11 | Luc-Adolphe Tiao | 2011 | 2014 | CDP | ||||
| Vacant (30 October – 19 November 2014) | ||||||||
| 12 | Yacouba Isaac Zida | 2014 | 2015 | Military | Kafando | |||
| Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015) | ||||||||
| Yacouba Isaac Zida | 2015 | 2015 | Military | Kafando | ||||
| Vacant (29 December 2015 – 6 January 2016) | ||||||||
| 13 | Paul Kaba Thieba | 2016 | 2019 | Independent | Kaboré | |||
| Vacant (19 – 24 January 2019) | ||||||||
| 14 | Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré | 2019 | 2021 | Independent | Kaboré | |||
| 15 | Lassina Zerbo | 2021 | 2022 | Independent | ||||
| Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022) | ||||||||
| – | Albert Ouédraogo | 2022 | 2022 | Independent | Damiba | |||
| Vacant (30 September 2022 – 21 October 2022) | ||||||||
| – | Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla | 2022 | Incumbent | Independent | Traoré | |||