List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
This is a list of the list of heads of state of Burkina Faso ( called Upper Volta until 1984 ) since independence in 1960.
Upper Volta (1960–1984)
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | Political party | |
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Beginning | The End | |||||
1 |
Maurice Yaméogo (* 1921; † 1993) |
president | 5th August 1960 | 3rd January 1966 | UDV | |
2 |
Sangoulé Lamizana (* 1916; † 2005) |
president | 3rd January 1966 | November 25, 1980 (discontinued) |
military | |
- |
Saye Zerbo (* 1932; † 2013) |
President of the Military Committee for the Restoration of National Progress | November 25, 1980 | November 7, 1982 (discontinued) |
military | |
- |
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (* 1942) |
Chairman of the People's Liberation Committee | November 7, 1982 | November 26, 1982 | military | |
Head of state | November 26, 1982 | August 4, 1983 (discontinued) |
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- |
Thomas Sankara ( 1949--1987 ) |
Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Head of State | 4th August 1983 | 4th August 1984 | military |
The country was renamed Burkina Faso under Thomas Sankara .
Burkina Faso (from 1984)
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | Political party | |
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Beginning | The End | |||||
- |
Thomas Sankara ( 1949--1987 ) |
Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Head of State | 4th August 1984 | October 15, 1987 (murdered in office) |
military | |
- |
Blaise Compaoré (born 1951) |
President of the Popular Front | October 15, 1987 | October 31, 1987 | military | |
President of the Popular Front and Head of State | October 31, 1987 | December 1991 | ODP-MT / CDP | |||
3 | president | December 1991 | October 31, 2014 | |||
- |
Honoré Traoré (* 1957) |
Acting head of state | October 31, 2014 | November 1, 2014 | military | |
- |
Isaac Zida (* 1965) |
Acting head of state | November 1, 2014 | 18th November 2014 | military | |
- |
Michel Kafando (* 1942) |
Interim president | 18th November 2014 | September 17, 2015 (discontinued) |
independent | |
- |
Gilbert Diendéré (* 1960/1961) |
Chairman of the National Council for Democracy | 17th September 2015 | September 24, 2015 | military | |
- |
Michel Kafando (* 1942) |
Interim president | September 24, 2015 (reinstated) |
December 29, 2015 | independent | |
4th |
Roch Marc Kaboré (* 1957) |
president | December 29, 2015 | officiating | MPP |
See also
Web links
- List of rulers of Burkina Faso - World Statesmen.org. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
- Burkina Faso rulers list - Rulers.org. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burkina Faso named Michel Kafando as transitional leader. News24.com, November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014
- ↑ Kafando sworn in as Burkina Faso transitional president. Reuters.com, November 18, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2015
- ↑ Mathieu Bonkoungou, Nadoun Coulibaly: Burkina Faso's President back in charge as Coup fails. Reuters , September 24, 2015, accessed September 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Kaboré elected president in the first round. Zeit Online , December 1, 2015, accessed December 1, 2015 .