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Encyclopedia > President of Burkina Faso

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
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Sénat - International - Senates of the world - Burkina (741 words)
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When the country’s institutions are under threat, the President of Burkina Faso, after deliberations in the Council of Ministers and consultations with the Presidents of the National Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court, takes whatever measures are dictated by the circumstances.
C – The President of the House of Representatives is the fourth highest-ranking person in the State.
Burkina Faso (1579 words)
Burkina Faso was an important economic region for the Songhai Empire during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Burkina Faso has a primarily tropical climate with two very distinct seasons: the rainy season with between 600 and 900 mm (24-35 inches) of rainfall, and the dry season during which the harmattan blows, a hot dry wind from the Sahara.
A relatively dry tropical savanna, the Sahel extends beyond the borders of Burkina Faso, from the Horn of Africa to the Atlantic Ocean, and borders the Sahara to its north, and the fertile region of the Sudan to the South.
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