| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Premier ministre du Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|
) Coat of Arms | |
) Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré since 24 January 2019 | |
| Appointer | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, as President of Burkina Faso |
| Inaugural holder | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo |
| Formation | 13 February 1971 |
| Salary | 869,740 FCFA 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 fourteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso.
The current Prime Minister of Burkina Faso is Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, since 24 January 2019.
Key
- 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
List of officeholders
| 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 | 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 | .jpg')) | Youssouf Ouédraogo (1952–2017) | 16 June 1992 | 22 March 1994 | 1 year, 279 days | ODP–MT | Compaoré |
| 7 | ) | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957–) | 22 March 1994 | 6 February 1996 | 1 year, 321 days | ODP–MT | Compaoré |
| 8 | ) | Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo (1953–) | 6 February 1996 | 7 November 2000 | 4 years, 275 days | CDP | Compaoré |
| 9 | ) | Paramanga Ernest Yonli (1956–) | 7 November 2000 | 11 June 2007 | 6 years, 216 days | CDP | Compaoré |
| 10 | ) | Tertius Zongo (1957–) | 11 June 2007 | 18 April 2011 (dismissed.) | 3 years, 311 days | CDP | Compaoré |
| 11 | | Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954–) | 18 April 2011 | 30 October 2014 (dismissed.) | 3 years, 195 days | CDP | Compaoré |
| Vacant (30 October – 19 November 2014) | |||||||
| 12 | | Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965–) | 19 November 2014 | 17 September 2015 (deposed.) | 302 days | Military (RSP) | Kafando |
| Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015) | |||||||
| (12) | | Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965–) | 23 September 2015 (restored.) | 29 December 2015 | 97 days | Military | Kafando |
| Vacant (29 December 2015 – 6 January 2016) | |||||||
| 13 | .jpg')) | Paul Kaba Thieba (1960–) | 6 January 2016 | 19 January 2019 (resigned.) | 3 years, 13 days | Independent | Kaboré |
| Vacant (19 – 24 January 2019) | |||||||
| 14 | ) | Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (1948–) | 24 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 21 days | Independent | Kaboré |
See also
- Burkina Faso
- List of heads of state of Burkina Faso
- List of colonial governors of French Upper Volta
- Politics of Burkina Faso
- Lists of office-holders