Burkina Faso
1983-1987 1987-
20 Feb 1895 French protectorate
01 Mar 1919 French colony of Upper Volta
01 Jan 1933 Partitioned between French Sudan, Ivory Coast and Niger
01 Jan 1938 - 29 Jul 1940 Upper Ivory Coast
04 Jan 1947 French territory
11 Dec 1958 Autonomy (Voltaic Republic)
05 Aug 1960 Independence, Republic of Upper Volta
04 Aug 1983 - 15 Oct 1987 Popular Democratic Revolutionary government
04 Aug 1984 Name officialy changed to Burkina Faso (Honest Land)
Presidents (Heads of State 1982-1991, 2014-2015)
11 Dec 1959 - 04 Jan 1966 Nawalagmba Maurice Yaméogo ........... 1921-1993
04 Jan 1966 - 25 Nov 1980 Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana .......... 1916-2005
25 Nov 1980 - 07 Nov 1982 Saye Zerbo ........................... 1932-2013
(President of the Military Committee)
08 Nov 1982 - 04 Aug 1983 Jean-Baptiste Ouédragou .............. 1942-
(Provisional Committee of National Salvation)
04 Aug 1983 - 15 Oct 1987 Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara .......... 1949-1987
(Head of the National Revolutionary Council)
15 Oct 1987 - 31 Oct 2014 Blaise Compaoré ...................... 1951-
(Head of State to 24 Dec 1991)
31 Oct - 01 Nov 2014 Honoré Nabéré Traoré ................. 1957- Mil
01 Nov - 18 Nov 2014 Isaac Yacouba Zida ................... 1965-
18 Nov 2014 - 17 Sep 2015 Michel Kafando (1st Time) ............ 1942-
17 Sep - 23 Sep 2015 Gilbert Diendéré ..................... 1960- Mil
23 Sep - 29 Dec 2015 Michel Kafando (2nd Time)
29 Dec 2015 - 24 Jan 2022 Roch Marc Christian Kaboré ........... 1957-
24 Jan - 30 Sep 2022 Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba ........... 1981- Mil
30 Sep 2022 - Ibrahim Traoré ....................... 1988- Mil
Prime Ministers
18 May 1957 - 07 Sep 1958 Daniel Ouézzin Coulibaly ............. 1909-1958
07 Sep 1958 - 11 Dec 1959 Nawalagmba Maurice Yaméogo
13 Feb 1971 - 08 Feb 1974 Gérard Kango Ouédraogo ............... 1925-2014
08 Feb 1974 - 07 Jul 1978 Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana
07 Jul 1978 - 25 Nov 1980 Issoufou Joseph Conombo .............. 1917-2008
25 Nov 1980 - 07 Nov 1982 Saye Zerbo
10 Jan - 17 May 1983 Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara .......... s.a
16 Jun 1992 - 22 Mar 1994 Youssouf Ouédrago .................... 1952-2017
22 Mar 1994 - 06 Feb 1996 Roch Marc Christian Kaboré ........... s.a
06 Feb 1996 - 07 Nov 2000 Kadré Désiré Ouédragaogo ............. 1953-
07 Nov 2000 - 11 Jun 2007 Paramanga Ernest Yonli ............... 1956-
11 Jun 2007 - 18 Apr 2011 Tertius Zongo ........................ 1957-
18 Apr 2011 - 31 Oct 2014 Luc Adolphe Tiao ..................... 1954-
19 Nov 2014 - 13 Jan 2016 Isaac Yacouba Zida ................... s.a
13 Jan 2016 - 24 Jan 2019 Paul Kiba Thieba ..................... 1960-
24 Jan 2019 - 10 Dec 2021 Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré ....... 1948-
10 Dec 2021 - 24 Jan 2022 Lassina Zerbo ........................ 1963-
03 Mar - 30 Sep 2022 Albert Ouédraogo ..................... 1969-
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