List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

This is a list of heads of state of Burkina Faso since the Republic of Upper Volta gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.

A total of seven people have served as head of state of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting four transitional heads of state/presidents and one acting president in rebellion).

The current head of state of Burkina Faso is interim president Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, who took power during a coup d'état on 30 September 2022.^[4]

Term limits

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Burkina Faso. The term limit has not been met by any president yet.^[5]

Titles

• 1960–1980: President of the Republic
• 1980–1982: President of Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress
• 1982: Chairman of Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation
• 1982–1983: Head of State
• 1983–1987: Chairman of National Revolutionary Council and Head of State
• 1987–1991: President of Popular Front and Head of State
• 1991–2014: President of the Republic
• 2015: Chairman of National Council for Democracy
• 2015–2022: President of the Republic
• 2022: President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
• 2022–present: President of the Republic

List of officeholders

Political parties

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

  Popular Front (FP)

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

  Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP)

  People's Movement for Progress (MPP)

Other factions

  Military

  Independent

Status

  Transitional Head of State/President

  Acting President in dispute

Timeline

Latest election

See also

• Politics of Burkina Faso
• List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso
• List of colonial governors of French Upper Volta

Notes

1. As President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration until October 6, when he was additionally sworn in as Interim President^[1]

References

1. "Traore officially appointed as president of Burkina Faso after coup". France24. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
2. "L'Assemblée nationale : Création et statut". Archived from the original on 21 April 2001.
3. "Salaire des agents de l'Etat : Ce que gagnent les hautes personnalités - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
4. Thiam Ndiaga; Anne Mimault (30 September 2022). "Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government". Reuters. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
5. Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.

External links

• Presidency
• World Statesmen – Burkina Faso