| Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
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| Premier ministre du Burkina Faso | |
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| Status | Head of government |
| Appointer | Ibrahim Traoré, asInterim President of Burkina Faso |
| Inaugural holder | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo |
| Formation | 13 February 1971; 54 years ago (1971-02-13) |
| Salary | CFA 869,740/US$1,425 annually including allowances[1] |
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This is alist ofprime ministers ofBurkina Faso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of theRepublic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present day.
A total of fifteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso (not counting three Interim Prime Ministers).
The current interim Prime Minister of Burkina Faso isJean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, since 7 December 2024.[2]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Head(s) of state | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| Republic of Upper Volta | ||||||||
| 1 | .jpg) | Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925–2014) | 13 February 1971 | 8 February 1974 (deposed) | 2 years, 360 days | UDV–RDA | Lamizana | |
| 2 |  | Sangoulé Lamizana (1916–2005) | 8 February 1974 | 7 July 1978 | 4 years, 149 days | Independent | Himself | |
| 3 |  | Joseph Conombo (1917–2008) | 7 July 1978 | 25 November 1980 (deposed) | 2 years, 141 days | UDV–RDA | Lamizana | |
| 4 | .png) | Saye Zerbo (1932–2013) | 25 November 1980 | 7 November 1982 (deposed) | 1 year, 347 days | Military | Himself | |
| Vacant (7 November 1982 – 10 January 1983) | ||||||||
| 5 | .png) | Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) | 10 January 1983 | 17 May 1983 (dismissed and arrested) | 127 days | Military | Ouédraogo | |
| Post abolished (17 May 1983 – 4 August 1984) | ||||||||
| Burkina Faso | ||||||||
| Post abolished (4 August 1984 – 16 June 1992) | ||||||||
| 6 | .jpg) | Youssouf Ouédraogo (1952–2017) | 16 June 1992 | 22 March 1994 | 1 year, 279 days | ODP–MT | Compaoré | |
| 7 |  | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (born 1957) | 22 March 1994 | 6 February 1996 | 1 year, 321 days | ODP–MT | ||
| 8 |  | Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo (born 1953) | 6 February 1996 | 6 November 2000 | 4 years, 274 days | CDP | ||
| 9 |  | Paramanga Ernest Yonli (born 1956) | 6 November 2000 | 4 June 2002 | 1 year, 210 days | CDP | ||
| 6 June 2002 | 4 January 2006 | 3 years, 212 days | ||||||
| 5 January 2006 | 3 June 2007 | 1 year, 149 days | ||||||
| 10 |  | Tertius Zongo (born 1957) | 4 June 2007 | 12 January 2011 | 3 years, 222 days | CDP | ||
| 13 January 2011 | 15 April 2011 | 92 days | ||||||
| 11 |  | Luc-Adolphe Tiao (born 1954) | 18 April 2011 | 27 December 2012 | 1 year, 253 days | CDP | ||
| 31 December 2012 | 30 October 2014 (dismissed) | 1 year, 303 days | ||||||
| Vacant (30 October – 18 November 2014) | ||||||||
| 12 |  | Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965) | 18 November 2014 | 17 September 2015 (deposed) | 303 days | Military (RSP) | Kafando | |
| Vacant (17 – 23 September 2015) | ||||||||
| (12) | | Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965) | 23 September 2015 (restored) | 28 December 2015 | 96 days | Military | Kafando | |
| Vacant (28 December 2015 – 6 January 2016) | ||||||||
| 13 | .jpg) | Paul Kaba Thieba (born 1960) | 6 January 2016 | 18 January 2019 (resigned) | 3 years, 12 days | Independent | Kaboré | |
| Vacant (18 – 21 January 2019) | ||||||||
| 14 | .jpg) | Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré (born 1948) | 21 January 2019 | 28 December 2020 | 1 year, 342 days | Independent | Kaboré | |
| 5 January 2021 | 8 December 2021 | 337 days | ||||||
| 15 | _(cropped).jpg) | Lassina Zerbo (born 1963) | 10 December 2021 | 24 January 2022 (deposed) | 45 days | Independent | ||
| Vacant (24 January – 3 March 2022) | ||||||||
| – | .jpg) | Albert Ouédraogo (born 1969) | 3 March 2022 | 30 September 2022 (deposed) | 211 days | Independent | Damiba | |
| Vacant (30 September 2022 – 21 October 2022) | ||||||||
| – | .png) | Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1958) | 21 October 2022 | 6 December 2024 | 2 years, 46 days | Independent | Traoré | |
| Vacant (6 – 7 December 2024)[3] | ||||||||
| – | | Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo (born 1980) | 7 December 2024 | Incumbent | 322 days | Independent | Traoré | |
 French Upper Volta (colony; to 1960) | |
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 Republic of Upper Volta (1960–1984) | |
 Burkina Faso (since 1984) | |
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