List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

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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
Beginning The End
1 Maurice Yaméogo 1960.jpg Maurice Yaméogo
(* 1921; † 1993) 		president 5th August 1960 3rd January 1966 UDV
2 Image of none.svg Sangoulé Lamizana
(* 1916; † 2005) 		president 3rd January 1966 November 25, 1980
(discontinued) 		military
- Image of none.svg Saye Zerbo
(* 1932; † 2013) 		President of the Military Committee for the Restoration of National Progress November 25, 1980 November 7, 1982
(discontinued) 		military
- Image of none.svg 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)
- Thomas Sankara Portrait (cropped) .jpg 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
Beginning The End
- Thomas Sankara Portrait (cropped) .jpg 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 2014-08-05.jpg 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
- Image of none.svg Honoré Traoré
(* 1957) 		Acting head of state October 31, 2014 November 1, 2014 military
- Image of none.svg Isaac Zida
(* 1965) 		Acting head of state November 1, 2014 18th November 2014 military
- Michel Kafando 2015-09-26.jpg Michel Kafando
(* 1942) 		Interim president 18th November 2014 September 17, 2015
(discontinued) 		independent
- Gilbert Diendéré Gilbert Diendéré
(* 1960/1961) 		Chairman of the National Council for Democracy 17th September 2015 September 24, 2015 military
- Michel Kafando 2015-09-26.jpg Michel Kafando
(* 1942) 		Interim president September 24, 2015
(reinstated) 		December 29, 2015 independent
4th Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.jpg Roch Marc Kaboré
(* 1957) 		president December 29, 2015 officiating MPP

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  1. ↑ Burkina Faso named Michel Kafando as transitional leader. News24.com, November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014
  2. ↑ Kafando sworn in as Burkina Faso transitional president. Reuters.com, November 18, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2015
  3. ↑ Mathieu Bonkoungou, Nadoun Coulibaly: Burkina Faso's President back in charge as Coup fails. Reuters , September 24, 2015, accessed September 25, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Kaboré elected president in the first round. Zeit Online , December 1, 2015, accessed December 1, 2015 .