Heads of state of Burkina Faso
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List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
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| Republic of Upper Volta Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960 it attained full independence from France.Thomas Sankara came to power... |
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| (République de Haute-Volta Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960 it attained full independence from France.Thomas Sankara came to power... ) |
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| 11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Maurice Yaméogo Maurice Yaméogo Maurice Yaméogo was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso. He proclaimed the independence of the country on August 5, 1960 and also tried to create a union between Cote d'Ivoire and Upper-Volta... , President |
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| Republic of Upper Volta Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960 it attained full independence from France.Thomas Sankara came to power... |
Independence from France | |||
| (République de Haute-Volta Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960 it attained full independence from France.Thomas Sankara came to power... ) |
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| 5 August 1960 to 3 January 1966 | Maurice Yaméogo Maurice Yaméogo Maurice Yaméogo was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso. He proclaimed the independence of the country on August 5, 1960 and also tried to create a union between Cote d'Ivoire and Upper-Volta... , President |
UDV | Deposed in the 1966 coup d'etat | |
| 3 January 1966 to 25 November 1980 | Sangoulé Lamizana Sangoulé Lamizana Major General Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana was the second president of Upper Volta , in power from January 3, 1966 to November 25, 1980... , President |
Mil/MNR | Deposed in the 1980 coup d'etat | |
| 25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982 | Saye Zerbo Saye Zerbo Colonel Saye Zerbo was a President of Upper Volta from 25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982. He led a coup in 1980, but was resisted by trade unions and was overthrown by Maj. Dr.Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo and the Council of Popular Salvation .Zerbo comes from Tougan in Sourou Province in the western... , President of the Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress |
Mil | Deposed in the 1982 coup d'etat | |
| 8 November 1982 to 11 November 1982 | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Major Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo was President of Upper Volta from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983, when he was overthrown in a coup d’état which brought Thomas Sankara into power.... , Provisional Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation |
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| 11 November 1982 to 26 November 1982 | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Major Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo was President of Upper Volta from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983, when he was overthrown in a coup d’état which brought Thomas Sankara into power.... , Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation |
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| 26 November 1982 to 4 August 1983 | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Major Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo was President of Upper Volta from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983, when he was overthrown in a coup d’état which brought Thomas Sankara into power.... , Head of State |
Mil | Deposed in the 1983 coup d'etat | |
| 4 August 1983 to 4 August 1984 | Thomas Sankara Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987... , Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Head of State |
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| Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated... |
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| 4 August 1984 to 15 October 1987 | Thomas Sankara Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987... , Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and President |
Mil | Assassinated in the 1987 coup d'etat | |
| 15 October 1987 to 31 October 1987 |  |
Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré has been the President of Burkina Faso since 1987 following a coup d'état that ousted then-President Thomas Sankara. In 2011, a mutiny by soldiers over unpaid housing allowances forced him to flee the capital for his hometown... , President of the Popular Front |
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| 31 October 1987 to December 1991 | Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré has been the President of Burkina Faso since 1987 following a coup d'état that ousted then-President Thomas Sankara. In 2011, a mutiny by soldiers over unpaid housing allowances forced him to flee the capital for his hometown... , President of the Popular Front and Head of State |
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| December 1991 to 24 December 1991 | ODP-MT | |||
| 24 December 1991 to 1996 | Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré has been the President of Burkina Faso since 1987 following a coup d'état that ousted then-President Thomas Sankara. In 2011, a mutiny by soldiers over unpaid housing allowances forced him to flee the capital for his hometown... , President |
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| 1996 to Present | CPD | |||
Affiliations
| CDP | Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès |
| (Congress for Democracy and Progress Congress for Democracy and Progress The Congress for Democracy and Progress is the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. Its President is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.... ) extreme left, abandoned marxism 1 August 1997, former ODP-MT |
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| PDP | Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès |
| (Party for Democracy and Progress Party for Democracy and Progress (Burkina Faso) The Party for Democracy and Progress was a political party in Burkina Faso The Party for Democracy and Progress was a political party in Burkina Faso The Party for Democracy and Progress was a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.It was founded in April 1994 after a split in the... ) social-democratic |
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| FP | Front Popular |
| (Popular Front Popular front A popular front is a broad coalition of different political groupings, often made up of leftists and centrists. Being very broad, they can sometimes include centrist and liberal forces as well as socialist and communist groups... ) |
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| MDV | Voltaïc Democratic Movement Voltaic Democratic Movement Voltaic Democratic Movement was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Gérard Kango Ouédraogo. MDV was founded in 1955.... |
| MNR | National Movement for Renewal |
| ODP-MT | Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire-MT |
| (Organization for People's Democracy-Worker's Movement) renamed CDP | |
| PDU | Parti Démocratique Unifié |
| (Unified Democratic Party Unified Democratic Party Unified Democratic Party , was, despite its name, not a political party but an electoral alliance of two parties, the Voltaic Democratic Union and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses , ahead of the 1958 territorial assembly elections in Upper Volta... ) |
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| RDA | Rassemblement Démocratique Africain |
| (Rally for a Democratic Africa) | |
| UDV | Union Démocratique du Volta |
| (Democratic Union of Volta) only legal party 1960-1966 | |
| UDV-RDA | Union Démocratique du Voltaic-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain |
| (Voltaic Democratic Union-Rally for a Democratic Africa) | |
| Mil | Military |
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