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President of Burkina Faso - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Administrator, Archon, Chancellor, Dean, Doge, Executive, Headmaster, Headmistress, Magistrate, Management, Master, Officer, Official, Prefect

List of Heads of State of Burkina Faso

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Affliation Notes
Upper VoltaAutonomous French Territory
(Haute-Volta)
6 September 1958 to 11 December 1959Ouezzin Coulibaly, "Vice-président du conseil de gouvernement"RDA 
11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960Maurice Yaméogo, "Vice-président du conseil de gouvernement"MDV 
Republic of Upper VoltaAutonomous Republic
(République de Haute-Volta)
11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960Maurice Yaméogo, PresidentMDV 
Republic of Upper VoltaIndependence from France
(République de Haute-Volta)
5 August 1960 to 4 January 1966Maurice Yaméogo, PresidentUDV(contd.)
4 January 1966 to 25 November 1980Sangoulé Lamizana, PresidentMil/MNR 
25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982Saye Zerbo, President of the Military Committee of Recovery for National ProgressMil 
8 November 1982 to 11 November 1982Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Provisional Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular SalvationMil 
11 November 1982 to 26 November 1982Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation(contd.)
26 November 1982 to 4 August 1983Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Head of StateMil(contd.)
4 August 1983 to 4 August 1984Thomas Sankara, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Head of stateMil 
Burkina Faso
4 August 1984 to 15 October 1987Thomas Sankara, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Président of FasoMil 
15 October 1987 to 31 October 1987Blaise Compaoré, President of the Popular FrontMil/FP 
31 October 1987 to December 1991Blaise Compaoré, President of the Popular Front and Head of State(contd.)
December 1991 to 24 December 1991ODP-MT(contd.)
24 December 1991 to 1996Blaise Compaoré, President(contd.)
1996 to presentBlaise Compaoré, PresidentCPD(contd.)

Affiliations:-


CDPCongrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
(Congress for Democracy and Progress) extreme left, abandoned marxism 1 August 1997, former ODP-MT
PDPParti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
(Party for Democracy and Progress) social-democratic
FPFront Popular
(Popular Front)
MDVVoltaïc Democratic Movement
MNRNational Movement for Renewal
ODP-MTOrganisation pour la Démocratie Populaire-MT
(Organization for People’s Democracy-Worker’s Movement) renamed CDP
PDUParti Démocratique Unifié
(Unified Democratic Party)
RDARassemblement Démocratique Africain
(Rally for a Democratic Africa)
UDVUnion Démocratique du Volta
(Democratic Union of Volta) only legal party 1960-1966
UDV-RDAUnion Démocratique du Voltaic-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
(Voltaic Democratic Union-Rally for a Democratic Africa)
MilMilitary
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