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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of officeholders

Political parties

Other factions

Status

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party		Head(s) of state
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Republic of Upper Volta
1		Gérard Kango Ouédraogo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1971	Template:Nowrap 1974 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UDV–RDA	Lamizana
2		Sangoulé Lamizana Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1974	Template:Nowrap 1978	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Himself
3		Joseph Conombo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1978	Template:Nowrap 1980 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	UDV–RDA	Lamizana
4		Saye Zerbo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1980	Template:Nowrap 1982 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Himself
Vacant (7 November 1982 – 10 January 1983)
5		Thomas Sankara Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1983	Template:Nowrap 1983 Template:Small	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		Youssouf Ouédraogo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1992	Template:Nowrap 1994	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	ODP–MT	Compaoré
7		Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1994	Template:Nowrap 1996	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	ODP–MT
8		Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 1996	Template:Nowrap 2000	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	CDP
9		Paramanga Ernest Yonli Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2000	Template:Nowrap 2002	Template:Ayd	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	CDP
			Template:Nowrap 2002	Template:Nowrap 2006	Template:Ayd
			Template:Nowrap 2006	Template:Nowrap 2007	Template:Ayd
10		Tertius Zongo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2007	Template:Nowrap 2011	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	CDP
			Template:Nowrap 2011	Template:Nowrap 2011	Template:Ayd
11		Luc-Adolphe Tiao Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2011	Template:Nowrap 2012	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	CDP
			Template:Nowrap 2012	Template:Nowrap 2014 Template:Small	Template:Ayd
Vacant (30 October – 18 November 2014)
12		Yacouba Isaac Zida Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2014	Template:Nowrap 2015 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military Template:Small	Kafando
Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015)
Template:Small		Yacouba Isaac Zida Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2015 Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2015	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Military	Kafando
Vacant (28 December 2015 – 6 January 2016)
13		Paul Kaba Thieba Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2016	Template:Nowrap 2019 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Kaboré
Vacant (18 – 21 January 2019)
14		Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2019	Template:Nowrap 2020	Template:Ayd	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Kaboré
			Template:Nowrap 2021	Template:Nowrap 2021	Template:Ayd
15		Lassina Zerbo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2021	Template:Nowrap 2022 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent
Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022)
–		Albert Ouédraogo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2022	Template:Nowrap 2022 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Damiba
Vacant (30 September 2022 – 21 October 2022)
–		Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 2022	Template:Nowrap 2024	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;" |	Independent	Traoré
Vacant (6 – 7 December 2024)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation									CitationClass=web }}</ref>
–		Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo Template:Small	Template:Nowrap 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