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List of Heads of State of Burkina Faso (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) | Tenure | Incumbent | Affliation | Notes | | Upper Volta | Autonomous French Territory | | (Haute-Volta) | | 6 September 1958 to 11 December 1959 | Ouezzin Coulibaly, "Vice-président du conseil de gouvernement" | RDA | | | 11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Maurice Yaméogo, "Vice-président du conseil de gouvernement" | MDV | | | Republic of Upper Volta | Autonomous Republic | | (République de Haute-Volta) | | 11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Maurice Yaméogo, President | MDV | | | Republic of Upper Volta | Independence from France | | (République de Haute-Volta) | | 5 August 1960 to 4 January 1966 | Maurice Yaméogo, President | UDV | (contd.) | | 4 January 1966 to 25 November 1980 | Sangoulé Lamizana, President | Mil/MNR | | | 25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982 | Saye Zerbo, President of the Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress | Mil | | | 8 November 1982 to 11 November 1982 | Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Provisional Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation | Mil | | | 11 November 1982 to 26 November 1982 | Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation | (contd.) | | 26 November 1982 to 4 August 1983 | Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Head of State | Mil | (contd.) | | 4 August 1983 to 4 August 1984 | Thomas Sankara, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Head of state | Mil | | | Burkina Faso | | 4 August 1984 to 15 October 1987 | Thomas Sankara, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Président of Faso | Mil | | | 15 October 1987 to 31 October 1987 | Blaise Compaoré, President of the Popular Front | Mil/FP | | | 31 October 1987 to December 1991 | Blaise Compaoré, President of the Popular Front and Head of State | (contd.) | | December 1991 to 24 December 1991 | ODP-MT | (contd.) | | 24 December 1991 to 1996 | Blaise Compaoré, President | (contd.) | | 1996 to present | Blaise Compaoré, President | CPD | (contd.) |
Affiliations:-
| | CDP | Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès | | (Congress for Democracy and Progress) extreme left, abandoned marxism 1 August 1997, former ODP-MT | | PDP | Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès | | (Party for Democracy and Progress) social-democratic | | FP | Front Popular | | (Popular Front) | | MDV | Voltaïc Democratic Movement | | MNR | National Movement for Renewal | | ODP-MT | Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire-MT | | (Organization for People’s Democracy-Worker’s Movement) renamed CDP | | PDU | Parti Démocratique Unifié | | (Unified Democratic Party) | | RDA | Rassemblement Démocratique Africain | | (Rally for a Democratic Africa) | | UDV | Union Démocratique du Volta | | (Democratic Union of Volta) only legal party 1960-1966 | | UDV-RDA | Union Démocratique du Voltaic-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain | | (Voltaic Democratic Union-Rally for a Democratic Africa) | | Mil | Military | | edit this box (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Political_Affiliations:_Burkina_Faso&action=edit) |
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