List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso

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 three Interim Prime Ministers).

The current interim Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, since 7 December 2024.

List of officeholders

Political parties

  Voltaic Democratic Union – African Democratic Rally (UDV–RDA)

  Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP–MT)

  Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP)

Other factions

  Military

  Independent

Status

  Interim Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Head(s) of state
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Republic of Upper Volta
1	File:Gérard Ouédraogo (cropped).jpg	Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925–2014)	13 February 1971	8 February 1974 (deposed)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UDV–RDA	Lamizana
2	File:Sangoulé Lamizana 1971.png	Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005)	8 February 1974	7 July 1978	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Himself
3	File:No image.png	Joseph Conombo (1917–2008)	7 July 1978	25 November 1980 (deposed)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UDV–RDA	Lamizana
4	File:Saye Zerbo with U.S. ambassador (cropped).png	Saye Zerbo (1932–2013)	25 November 1980	7 November 1982 (deposed)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Himself
Vacant (7 November 1982 – 10 January 1983)
5	File:Thomas Sankara in Harlem (1984).png	Thomas Sankara (1949–1987)	10 January 1983	17 May 1983 (dismissed and arrested)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Ouédraogo
Post abolished (17 May 1983 – 4 August 1984)
Burkina Faso
Post abolished (4 August 1984 – 16 June 1992)
6	File:Youssouf Ouédraogo (cropped).jpg	Youssouf Ouédraogo (1952–2017)	16 June 1992	22 March 1994	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	ODP–MT	Compaoré
7	File:Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.jpg	Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 1957)	22 March 1994	6 February 1996	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	ODP–MT
8	File:Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo 2015-03-10.jpg	Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo (born 1953)	6 February 1996	6 November 2000	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	CDP
9	File:Paramanga Ernest Yonli 2006-05-12.jpg	Paramanga Ernest Yonli (born 1956)	6 November 2000	4 June 2002	Template:Ayd	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	CDP
			6 June 2002	4 January 2006	Template:Ayd
			5 January 2006	3 June 2007	Template:Ayd
10	File:TertiusZongo.jpg	Tertius Zongo (born 1957)	4 June 2007	12 January 2011	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	CDP
			13 January 2011	15 April 2011	Template:Ayd
11	File:Luc-Adolphe Tiao 2012.jpg	Luc-Adolphe Tiao (born 1954)	18 April 2011	27 December 2012	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	CDP
			31 December 2012	30 October 2014 (dismissed)	Template:Ayd
Vacant (30 October – 18 November 2014)
12	File:Yacouba Isaac Zida 2015.jpg	Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965)	18 November 2014	17 September 2015 (deposed)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military (RSP)	Kafando
Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015)
(12)	File:Yacouba Isaac Zida 2015.jpg	Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965)	23 September 2015 (restored)	28 December 2015	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Kafando
Vacant (28 December 2015 – 6 January 2016)
13	File:Paul Kaba Thieba (cropped).jpg	Paul Kaba Thieba (born 1960)	6 January 2016	18 January 2019 (resigned)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Kaboré
Vacant (18 – 21 January 2019)
14	File:Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré 2019-02-11 (cropped).jpg	Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (born 1948)	21 January 2019	28 December 2020	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Kaboré
			5 January 2021	8 December 2021	Template:Ayd
15	File:Portrait Dr Lassina Zerbo CTBTO 2015 (19492357036) (cropped).jpg	Lassina Zerbo (born 1963)	10 December 2021	24 January 2022 (deposed)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent
Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022)
–	File:Albert Ouédraogo (cropped).jpg	Albert Ouédraogo (born 1969)	3 March 2022	30 September 2022 (deposed)	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Damiba
Vacant (30 September 2022 – 21 October 2022)
–	File:Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambèla (cropped).png	Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1958)	21 October 2022	6 December 2024	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Traoré
Vacant (6 – 7 December 2024)
–	File:Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo 2023 (cropped).jpg	Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo (born 1980)	7 December 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Traoré

Timeline

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See also

• Politics of Burkina Faso
• List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
• List of colonial governors of French Upper Volta

External links

• World Statesmen – Burkina Faso