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 fifteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting three Interim Prime Ministers).
The current interim Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, since 7 December 2024.
List of officeholders
;Political parties
;Other factions
;Status
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br>
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |Head(s) of state
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! colspan="9" |Republic of Upper Volta
|-
| 1
| 90px
| Gérard Kango Ouédraogo<br>
| 1971
| 1974<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| UDV–RDA
| Lamizana
|-
| 2
| 90px
| Sangoulé Lamizana<br>
| 1974
| 1978
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| Himself
|-
| 3
| 90px
| Joseph Conombo<br>
| 1978
| 1980<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| UDV–RDA
| Lamizana
|-
| 4
| 90px
| Saye Zerbo<br>
| 1980
| 1982<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military
| Himself
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (7 November 1982 – 10 January 1983)
|-
| 5
| 90px
| Thomas Sankara<br>
| 1983
| 1983<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military
| Ouédraogo
|-
| colspan="9" |Post abolished (17 May 1983 – 4 August 1984)
|-
! colspan="9" |Burkina Faso
|-
| colspan="9" |Post abolished (4 August 1984 – 16 June 1992)
|-
| 6
| 90px
| Youssouf Ouédraogo<br>
| 1992
| 1994
|
! style="background:;" |
| ODP–MT
| rowspan=10|Compaoré
|-
| 7
| 90px
| Roch Marc Christian Kaboré<br>
| 1994
| 1996
|
! style="background:;" |
| ODP–MT
|-
| 8
| 90px
| Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo<br>
| 1996
| 2000
|
! style="background:;" |
| CDP
|-
| rowspan=3|9
| rowspan=3|90px
| rowspan=3|Paramanga Ernest Yonli<br>
| 2000
| 2002
|
! rowspan=3 style="background:;" |
| rowspan=3|CDP
|-
| 2002
| 2006
|
|-
| 2006
| 2007
|
|-
| rowspan=2|10
| rowspan=2|90px
| rowspan=2|Tertius Zongo<br>
| 2007
| 2011
|
! rowspan=2 style="background:;" |
| rowspan=2|CDP
|-
| 2011
| 2011
|
|-
| rowspan=2|11
| rowspan=2|90px
| rowspan=2|Luc-Adolphe Tiao<br>
| 2011
| 2012
|
! rowspan=2 style="background:;" |
| rowspan=2|CDP
|-
| 2012
| 2014<br>
|
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (30 October – 18 November 2014)
|-
| 12
| 90px
| Yacouba Isaac Zida<br>
| 2014
| 2015<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military<br>
| Kafando
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015)
|-
|
| 90px
| Yacouba Isaac Zida<br>
| 2015<br>
| 2015
|
! style="background:;" |
| Military
| Kafando
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (28 December 2015 – 6 January 2016)
|-
| 13
| 90px
| Paul Kaba Thieba<br>
| 2016
| 2019<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| Kaboré
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (18 – 21 January 2019)
|-
| rowspan=2|14
| rowspan=2|90px
| rowspan=2|Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré<br>
| 2019
| 2020
|
! rowspan=2 style="background:;" |
| rowspan=2|Independent
| rowspan=3|Kaboré
|-
| 2021
| 2021
|
|-
| 15
| 90px
| Lassina Zerbo<br>
| 2021
| 2022<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022)
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| 90px
| Albert Ouédraogo<br>
| 2022
| 2022<br>
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| Damiba
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (30 September 2022 – 21 October 2022)
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| 90px
| Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla<br>
| 2022
| 2024
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| Traoré
|-
| colspan="9" |Vacant (6 – 7 December 2024)
|- style="background:#e6e6aa;"
| –
| 90px
| Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo<br>
| 2024
| Incumbent
|
! style="background:;" |
| Independent
| Traoré
|}
Timeline
See also
- Politics of Burkina Faso
- List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
- List of colonial governors of French Upper Volta
References
External links
- World Statesmen – Burkina Faso