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 1956 to the present day.
| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|
| Premier ministre du Burkina Faso | |
 Coat of Arms | |
| Appointer | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, as President of Burkina Faso |
| Inaugural holder | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo |
| Formation | 5 August 1956 |
| Salary | 869,740 FCFA annually including allowances[1] |
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A total of fourteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso.
The current Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is Lassina Zerbo, since 8 December 2021.[2]
Key
- Political parties
- Other factions
List
| 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 |  |
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 | |
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Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) |
10 January 1983 | 17 May 1983 (dismissed and arrested.) |
Military | |
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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 | Military | ||
| 12 | Henri Zongo
(1960–1989) |
18 September 1989 | 18 September 1989 | 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 | .jpg.webp) |
Honoré Traoré(born 1957) | 30 October 2014 | 19 November
2014 |
Independent | |
| 20 | Yacouba Isaac Zida(born 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
(born 1942) |
29 December 2015 | 6 January 2016 | Independent | ||
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Paul Kaba Thieba (1959–) |
6 January 2016 | 19 January 2019 (resigned.) |
Independent | |
| 24 |  |
Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (1948–) |
19 January 2019 | 10 December 2021 | Independent | |
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Lassina Zerbo (1963–) |
10 December 2021 | Incumbent | Independent | |
Timeline
See also
References
- "Salaire des agents de l'Etat : Ce que gagnent les hautes personnalités - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net.
- "Burkina Faso president names Lassina Zerbo as prime minister". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
External links
 French Upper Volta (colony; to 1960) |
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 Republic of Upper Volta (1960–1984) |
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 Burkina Faso (since 1984) | |
†military | |
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