President of the Republic
Maurice Yaméogo 11 Dec 1959 - 4 Jan 1966 (†1993) UDV-RDA (1)
Chairman of the Provisional Military Government
Abubakar Sangoulé Lamizana 4 Jan 1966 - 14 Jun 1970 (†2005) military
President of the Republic
Abubakar Sangoulé Lamizana 14 Jun 1970 - 25 Nov 1980 (†2005) NMR, UDV-RDA
Chairman of the Military Committee of Recovery for the National Progress
Saye Zerbo 25 Nov 1980 - 7 Nov 1982 (†2013) military
Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo 9 Nov 1982 - 4 Aug 1983 military (2)
Chairman of the National Council of the Revolution
Thomas Sankara 4 Aug 1983 - 15 Oct 1987 (†1987) military (3)
Head of State and chairman of the Popular Front
Blaise Compaoré 15 Oct 1987 - 24 Dec 1991 military/FP (4)
President of the Republic
Blaise Compaoré 24 Dec 1991 - 31 Oct 2014 ODP-MT, CDP
Heads of State
Nabéré Honoré Traoré 31 Oct 2014 - 1 Nov 2014 military
Yacouba Isaac Zida 1 Nov 2014 - 18 Nov 2014 military (acting, transitional)
President of the Republic
Michel Kafando 18 Nov 2014 - 17 Sep 2015 n/p (transitional)
Chairman of the National Council for Democracy
Gilbert Diendéré 17 Sep 2015 - 23 Sep 2015 military
Presidents of the Republic
Michel Kafando 23 Sep 2015 - 29 Dec 2015 n/p (transitional)
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré 29 Dec 2015 - 24 Jan 2022 MPP
Chairman of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba 24 Jan 2022 - 31 Jan 2022 military
President of the Republic
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba 31 Jan 2022 - 30 Sep 2022 military (transitional from 2 Mar 2022)
Chairman of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
Ibrahim Traoré 30 Sep 2022 - 21 Oct 2022 military (5)
President of the Republic
Ibrahim Traoré 21 Oct 2022 - military (transitional)
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