List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso
| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
Premier ministre du Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms | |
| Appointer | President of Burkina Faso |
| Inaugural holder | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo |
| Formation | 13 February 1971 |
| Salary | 869,740 FCFA annually including allowances[1] |
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 thirteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso.
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- Political parties
- Other factions
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| No. | Portrait | Prime Minister (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political affiliation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| Republic of Upper Volta | |||||||
| 1 | 
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Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925–2014) |
13 February 1971 | 8 February 1974 (deposed) |
UDV–RDA | ||
| 2 |
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Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005) |
8 February 1974 | 7 July 1978 | Independent | ||
| 3 |
|
Joseph Conombo (1917–2008) |
7 July 1978 | 25 November 1980 (deposed.) |
UDV–RDA | ||
| 4 |
|
Saye Zerbo (1932–2013) |
25 November 1980 | 7 November 1982 (deposed.) |
Military | ||
| Vacant (7 November 1982 – 10 January 1983) | |||||||
| 5 | .jpg)
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Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) |
10 January 1983 | 17 May 1983 (dismissed and arrested.) |
Military | ||
| Post abolished (17 May 1983 – 4 August 1984) | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | |||||||
| Post abolished (4 August 1984 – 16 June 1992) | |||||||
| 6 | .jpg)
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Youssouf Ouédraogo (1952–2017) |
16 June 1992 | 22 March 1994 | ODP–MT | ||
| 7 | 
|
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957–) |
22 March 1994 | 6 February 1996 | ODP–MT | ||
| 8 | 
|
Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo (1953–) |
6 February 1996 | 7 November 2000 | CDP | ||
| 9 | 
|
Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956–) |
7 November 2000 | 11 June 2007 | CDP | ||
| 10 | 
|
Tertius Zongo (1957–) |
11 June 2007 | 18 April 2011 (dismissed.) |
CDP | ||
| 11 |
|
Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954–) |
18 April 2011 | 30 October 2014 (dismissed.) |
CDP | ||
| Vacant (30 October – 19 November 2014) | |||||||
| 12 | Yacouba Isaac Zida (1964–) |
19 November 2014 | 17 September 2015 (deposed.) |
Military (RSP) | |||
| Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015) | |||||||
| (12) | Yacouba Isaac Zida (1964–) |
23 September 2015 (restored) |
29 December 2015 | Military (RSP) | |||
| Vacant (29 December 2015 – 6 January 2016) | |||||||
| 13 | 
|
Paul Kaba Thieba (1959–) |
6 January 2016 | 19 January 2019 (resigned.) |
Independent | ||
| 14 | 
|
Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (1948–) |
19 January 2019 | 10 December 2021 | Independent | ||
| 15 | _(cropped).jpg)
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Lassina Zerbo (1963–) |
10 December 2021 | 24 January 2022 | Independent | ||
| Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022) | |||||||
| 16 | Albert Ouédraogo (1969–) |
3 March 2022 | 30 September 2022 | Independent | |||
| Vacant (30 September – 21 October 2022) | |||||||
| 17 | .png)
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Apollinaire de Tambèla (1955–) |
21 October 2022 | Incumbent | Independent | ||