List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

President of Burkina Faso
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Incumbent Blaise Compaoré since 15 October 1987
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Maurice Yaméogo
Formation	5 August 1960

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List of heads of state of Burkina Faso

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
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 3 January 1966		Maurice Yaméogo, President	UDV	Deposed in a coup d'état
3 January 1966 to 25 November 1980		Sangoulé Lamizana, President	Mil/MNR	Deposed in a coup d'état
25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982		Saye Zerbo, President of the Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress	Mil	Deposed in a coup d'état
8 November 1982 to 11 November 1982		Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Provisional Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation	Mil
11 November 1982 to 26 November 1982		Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation
26 November 1982 to 4 August 1983		Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Head of State	Mil	Deposed in a coup d'état
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 President	Mil	Murdered in a coup d'état
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
December 1991 to 24 December 1991			ODP-MT/CPD
24 December 1991 to Present		Blaise Compaoré, President

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

Latest election

Main article: Burkinabé presidential election, 2010

 Summary of the 21 November 2010 Burkinabé presidential election results

Candidates	Votes	%
Blaise Compaoré – Congress for Democracy and Progress	1,358,941	80.2
Hama Arba Diallo – Party for Democracy and Socialism	138,666	8.2
Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara – Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement	107,377	6.3
Boukari Kaboré – Pan-African Sankarist Union / Progressive Movement	39,029	2.3
Maxime Kaboré	24,888	1.5
Pargui Emile Paré – People's Movement for Socialism / Federal Party	14,461	0.9
Ouampoussoga François Kaboré – Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party	10,909	0.6
Total (turnout 54.9%)	1,694,271	100.0
Invalid votes (4.7%)	84,422
Total votes	1,778,693
Registered Voters	3,239,777
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive

See also

• Burkina Faso
  • Heads of government of Burkina Faso
  • Colonial heads of Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
• Lists of office-holders

References

• World Statesmen - Burkina Faso