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.
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| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
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| Premier ministre du Burkina Faso | |
 Coat of Arms | |
| 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] |
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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]
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Interim Prime Minister
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| 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 | |||||||
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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 | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
Paul Kaba Thieba (born 1960) |
6 January 2016 | 19 January 2019 (resigned) |
3 years, 13 days | Independent | Kaboré |
| Vacant (19 – 24 January 2019) | |||||||
| 14 | .jpg) |
Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (born 1948) |
24 January 2019 | 10 December 2021 | 2 years, 320 days | Independent | Kaboré |
| 15 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Lassina Zerbo (born 1963) |
10 December 2021 | 24 January 2022 (deposed) |
45 days | Independent | |
| Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022) | |||||||
| – | .jpg) |
Albert Ouédraogo (born 1969) |
3 March 2022 | 30 September 2022 (deposed) |
211 days | Independent | Damiba |
| Vacant (30 September 2022 – 21 October 2022) | |||||||
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Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1958) |
21 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 186 days | Independent | Traoré |
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- "Burkina Faso transitional president names jurist as interim PM". Reuters. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.