List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
List

List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

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No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure	Elected	Political affiliation	Prime Minister(s)

Took office	Left office	Time in office

Republic of Upper Volta

1	Maurice Yaméogo (1921–1993)	-	5 August 1960	3 January 1966 (deposed.)	5 years, 151 days	1959 1965	UDV–RDA	Position not established

2	Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005)	-	3 January 1966	25 November 1980 (deposed.)	14 years, 327 days	1978	Military / Independent	Ouédraogo Himself Conombo

3	Saye Zerbo (1932–2013)	-	25 November 1980	7 November 1982 (deposed.)	1 year, 347 days	–	Military	Himself

4	Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1941–)	-	9 November 1982	4 August 1983 (deposed.)	268 days	–	Military	Sankara

5	Thomas Sankara (1949–1987)	-	4 August 1983	4 August 1984	1 year, 0 days	–	Military	Position abolished

Burkina Faso

(5)	Thomas Sankara (1949–1987)	-	4 August 1984	15 October 1987 (assassinated.)	3 years, 72 days	–	Military	Position abolished

6	Blaise Compaoré (1951–)	-	15 October 1987	31 October 2014 (resigned.)	27 years, 16 days	1991 1998 2005 2010	Military / FP ODP–MT / CDP	Y. Ouédraogo Kaboré K. D. Ouedraogo Yonli Zongo Tiao

–	Honoré Traoré (1957–) (claimant.)	-	31 October 2014	1 November 2014	1 day	–	Military	Position vacant

–	Yacouba Isaac Zida (1964–)	-	1 November 2014	18 November 2014	17 days	–	Military (RSP)	Position vacant

–	Michel Kafando (1942–)	-	18 November 2014	17 September 2015 (deposed.)	303 days	–	Independent	Zida

7	Gilbert Diendéré (c. 1960–)	-	17 September 2015	23 September 2015 (stepped down.)	6 days	–	Military (RSP)	Position vacant

Chérif Sy (1960–) (in opposition to Diendéré.)	-	17 September 2015	23 September 2015	6 days	–	Independent	Position vacant

–	Michel Kafando (1942–)	-	23 September 2015 (restored.)	29 December 2015	97 days	–	Independent	Zida

8	Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957–)	-	29 December 2015	Incumbent	3 years, 122 days	2015	MPP	Thieba Dabiré

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