List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso

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.

Prime Minister of Burkina Faso
Premier ministre du Burkina Faso
Coat of Arms
Incumbent Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo (Interim) since 7 December 2024
Status	Head of government
Appointer	Ibrahim Traoré, as Interim President of Burkina Faso
Inaugural holder	Gérard Kango Ouédraogo
Formation	13 February 1971; 54 years ago (1971-02-13)
Salary	869,740 CFA francs/US$ 1,425 annually including allowances[1]

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.^[2]

List of officeholders

Political parties

  Voltaic Democratic Union – African Democratic Rally (UDV–RDA)

  Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP–MT)

  Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP)

Other factions

  Military

  Independent

Status

  Interim Prime Minister

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Head(s) of state
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Republic of Upper Volta
1		Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925–2014)	13 February 1971	8 February 1974 (deposed)	2 years, 360 days		UDV–RDA	Lamizana
2		Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005)	8 February 1974	7 July 1978	4 years, 149 days		Independent	Himself
3		Joseph Conombo (1917–2008)	7 July 1978	25 November 1980 (deposed)	2 years, 141 days		UDV–RDA	Lamizana
4		Saye Zerbo (1932–2013)	25 November 1980	7 November 1982 (deposed)	1 year, 347 days		Military	Himself
Vacant (7 November 1982 – 10 January 1983)
5		Thomas Sankara (1949–1987)	10 January 1983	17 May 1983 (dismissed and arrested)	127 days		Military	Ouédraogo
Post abolished (17 May 1983 – 4 August 1984)
Burkina Faso
Post abolished (4 August 1984 – 16 June 1992)
6		Youssouf Ouédraogo (1952–2017)	16 June 1992	22 March 1994	1 year, 279 days		ODP–MT	Compaoré
7		Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 1957)	22 March 1994	6 February 1996	1 year, 321 days		ODP–MT
8		Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo (born 1953)	6 February 1996	6 November 2000	4 years, 274 days		CDP
9		Paramanga Ernest Yonli (born 1956)	6 November 2000	4 June 2002	1 year, 210 days		CDP
			6 June 2002	4 January 2006	3 years, 212 days
			5 January 2006	3 June 2007	1 year, 149 days
10		Tertius Zongo (born 1957)	4 June 2007	12 January 2011	3 years, 222 days		CDP
			13 January 2011	15 April 2011	92 days
11		Luc-Adolphe Tiao (born 1954)	18 April 2011	27 December 2012	1 year, 253 days		CDP
			31 December 2012	30 October 2014 (dismissed)	1 year, 303 days
Vacant (30 October – 18 November 2014)
12		Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965)	18 November 2014	17 September 2015 (deposed)	303 days		Military (RSP)	Kafando
Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015)
(12)		Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965)	23 September 2015 (restored)	28 December 2015	96 days		Military	Kafando
Vacant (28 December 2015 – 6 January 2016)
13		Paul Kaba Thieba (born 1960)	6 January 2016	18 January 2019 (resigned)	3 years, 12 days		Independent	Kaboré
Vacant (18 – 21 January 2019)
14		Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (born 1948)	21 January 2019	28 December 2020	1 year, 342 days		Independent	Kaboré
			5 January 2021	8 December 2021	337 days
15		Lassina Zerbo (born 1963)	10 December 2021	24 January 2022 (deposed)	45 days		Independent
Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022)
–		Albert Ouédraogo (born 1969)	3 March 2022	30 September 2022 (deposed)	211 days		Independent	Damiba
Vacant (30 September 2022 – 21 October 2022)
–		Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1958)	21 October 2022	6 December 2024	2 years, 46 days		Independent	Traoré
Vacant (6 – 7 December 2024)[3]
–		Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo (born 1980)	7 December 2024	Incumbent	255 days		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