List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso
Appearance
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Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
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Premier ministre du Burkina Faso | |
since 21 October 2022 | |
Appointer | Ibrahim Traoré, as Interim President of Burkina Faso |
Inaugural holder | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo |
Formation | 13 February 1971 |
Salary | 869,740 CFA francs/US$ 1,425 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 fifteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting two Interim Prime Ministers).
The current interim Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla, since 21 October 2022.[2]
List of officeholders
[edit]- Political parties
- Other factions
- Status
Interim Prime Minister
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Head(s) of state | ||
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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 Ouedraogo (born 1953) |
6 February 1996 | 7 November 2000 | 4 years, 275 days | CDP | ||
9 | Paramanga Ernest Yonli (born 1956) |
7 November 2000 | 11 June 2007 | 6 years, 216 days | CDP | ||
10 | Tertius Zongo (born 1957) |
11 June 2007 | 18 April 2011 (dismissed) |
3 years, 311 days | CDP | ||
11 | Luc-Adolphe Tiao (born 1954) |
18 April 2011 | 30 October 2014 (dismissed) |
3 years, 195 days | CDP | ||
Vacant (30 October – 19 November 2014) | |||||||
12 | Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965) |
19 November 2014 | 17 September 2015 (deposed) |
302 days | Military (RSP) |
Kafando | |
Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015) | |||||||
(12) | Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965) |
23 September 2015 (restored) |
29 December 2015 | 97 days | Military | Kafando | |
Vacant (29 December 2015 – 6 January 2016) | |||||||
13 | Paul Kaba Thieba (born 1960) |
6 January 2016 | 19 January 2019 (resigned) |
3 years, 13 days | Independent | Kaboré | |
Vacant (19 – 24 January 2019) | |||||||
14 | Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (born 1948) |
24 January 2019 | 10 December 2021 | 2 years, 320 days | Independent | Kaboré | |
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 | Incumbent | 2 years, 31 days | Independent | Traoré |
Timeline
[edit]See also
[edit]- Politics of Burkina Faso
- List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
- List of colonial governors of French Upper Volta
References
[edit]- ^ "Salaire des agents de l'Etat : Ce que gagnent les hautes personnalités - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net.
- ^ "Burkina Faso transitional president names jurist as interim PM". Reuters. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.