List of Presidents of Burkina Faso

President of the
Republic of Burkina Faso

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Incumbent
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
since 29 December 2015
Residence Kossyam Palace
Term length 5 years
Inaugural holder Maurice Yaméogo
Formation 5 August 1960
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This is a list of Presidents of Burkina Faso since the formation of the post of President of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1960 to the present day.

A total of four people have served as President of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting four Military non-Presidential Heads of State, three Transitional Heads of State/Presidents and one Acting President in rebellion).

The current President of Burkina Faso is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, since 29 December 2015.

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Presidents of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso

№ President
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Tenure Elected Political affiliation Prime Minister(s)
Took office Left office
Republic of Upper Volta
1 Maurice Yaméogo
(1921–1993)		 5 August 1960 3 January 1966
(deposed.)		 1965 UDV–RDA Position not established
2 Sangoulé Lamizana
(1916–2005)		 3 January 1966 25 November 1980
(deposed.)		 1978 Military /
Independent		 Ouédraogo
Himself
Conombo
– Saye Zerbo
(1932–2013)[1]		 25 November 1980 7 November 1982
(deposed.)		 – Military Himself
– Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
(1941–)[2]		 8 November 1982 4 August 1983
(deposed.)		 – Military Sankara
– Thomas Sankara
(1949–1987)[3]		 4 August 1983 4 August 1984 – Military Position abolished
Republic of Burkina Faso
– Thomas Sankara
(1949–1987)[3]		 4 August 1984 15 October 1987
(assassinated in a coup d'état.)		 – Military Position abolished
3 Blaise Compaoré
(1951–)[4]		 15 October 1987 31 October 2014
(resigned.)		 1991, 1998, 2005, 2010 Military / FP
ODP–MT / CDP		 Y. Ouédraogo
Kaboré
K. D. Ouedraogo
Yonli
Zongo
Tiao
– Honoré Traoré
(1957–)[5]		 31 October 2014 1 November 2014 – Military Position vacant
– Yacouba Isaac Zida
(1965–)		 1 November 2014 18 November 2014 – Military
(Regiment of Presidential Security)		 Position vacant
– Michel Kafando
(1942–)		 18 November 2014 17 September 2015
(deposed.)		 – Independent Zida
– Gilbert Diendéré
(c. 1960–)[6]		 17 September 2015 23 September 2015
(stepped down.)		 – Military
(Regiment of Presidential Security)		 Position vacant
Chérif Sy
(1960–)[7]		 17 September 2015 23 September 2015 – Independent Position vacant
– Michel Kafando
(1942–)		 23 September 2015
(restored.)		 29 December 2015 – Independent Zida
4 Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
(1957–)		 29 December 2015 2015 MPP Thieba

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Styled as President of Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress
  2. ↑ Styled as Chairman of Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation (provisional to 11 November 1982) to 26 November 1982, then Head of State
  3. 1 2 Styled as Chairman of National Revolutionary Council and Head of State
  4. ↑ Styled as President of Popular Front (from 31 October 1987 also Head of State) to 24 December 1991
  5. ↑ Claimant
  6. ↑ Styled as Chairman of National Council for Democracy
  7. ↑ Styled as Acting President, in rebellion against Diendéré
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