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List of Colonial Heads of Upper Volta (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) | Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | | French Suzerainty | | Incorporated into Haut-Sénégal-Niger | | 1904 to 1 March 1919 | | | | Colony of Upper Volta (Haute-Volta) within French West Africa | | 9 November 1919 to 7 August 1927 | Édouard Hesling, Lieutenant Governor | | | 7 August 1927 to 13 January 1928 | Robert Arnaud, acting Lieutenant Governor | | | 13 January 1928 to 22 December 1932 | Albéric Fournier, Lieutenant Governor | | | 22 December 1932 to 31 December 1932 | Gabriel Descemet, Lieutenant Governor | | | 6 September 1947 to 29 April 1948 | Gaston Mourgues, acting Governor | | | 29 April 1948 to 23 February 1953 | Albert Mouragues, Governor | | | 23 February 1953 to 3 November 1956 | Salvador Jean Étcheber, Governor | | | 3 November 1956 to 15 July 1958 | Yvon Bourges, Governor | | | 15 July 1958 to 11 December 1958 | Max Berthet, acting Governor | | | 11 December 1958 to February 1959 | Max Berthet, High Commissioner | | | February 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Paul Masson, High Commissioner | | | Republic of Upper Volta | Autonomous | | (République de Haute-Volta) | | 11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Maurice Yaméogo, President | Becoming President of Republic of Upper Volta | | 5 August 1960 | Independence as Republic of Upper Volta | For continuation after independence see: Presidents of Burkina Faso
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