| Tenure |
Portrait |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
| French Upper Volta |
Autonomous |
| (Haute-Volta) |
| 18 May 1957 to 26 July 1958 |
|
Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, Vice President of the Government Council |
RDA/PDU |
|
| 26 July 1958 to 7 September 1958 |
Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly, President of the Government Council |
PDU |
Died in office |
| 7 September 1958 to 21 October 1958 |
 |
Maurice Yaméogo, acting President of the Government Council |
UDV |
|
| 21 October 1958 to 11 December 1958 |
Maurice Yaméogo, President of the Government Council |
UDV |
|
| Republic of Upper Volta |
Autonomous |
| (République de Haute-Volta) |
| 11 December 1958 to 11 December 1959 |
 |
Maurice Yaméogo, Prime Minister |
UDV |
|
| 11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960 |
Post Abolished |
| Republic of Upper Volta |
Independence from France |
| (République de Haute-Volta) |
| 5 August 1960 to 13 February 1971 |
Post Abolished |
| 13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974 |
|
Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Prime Minister |
UDV-RDA |
|
| 8 February 1974 to 7 July 1978 |
|
Sangoulé Lamizana, Prime Minister |
MNR |
|
| 7 July 1978 to 25 November 1980 |
|
Joseph Conombo, Prime Minister |
UDV-RDA |
Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982 |
|
Saye Zerbo, Prime Minister |
Mil |
Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 7 November 1982 to 10 January 1983 |
Vacant |
| 10 January 1983 to 17 May 1983 |
 |
Thomas Sankara, Prime Minister |
Mil |
Dismissed and placed under house arrest |
| 17 May 1983 to 4 August 1984 |
Post Abolished |
| Burkina Faso |
| 4 August 1984 to 16 June 1992 |
Post Abolished |
| 16 June 1992 to 22 March 1994 |
|
Youssouf Ouédraogo, Prime Minister |
ODP-MT |
|
| 22 March 1994 to 6 February 1996 |
 |
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Prime Minister |
ODP-MT |
|
| 6 February 1996 to 7 November 2000 |
|
Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, Prime Minister |
CDP |
|
| 7 November 2000 to 11 June 2007 |
 |
Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Prime Minister |
CDP |
|
| 11 June 2007 to 18 April 2011 |
 |
Tertius Zongo, Prime Minister |
CDP |
Dismissed during the 2011 protests |
| 18 April 2011 to 30 October 2014 |
|
Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Prime Minister |
CDP |
Dismissed during the 2014 uprising |
| 30 October 2014 to 19 November 2014 |
Vacant |
| 19 November 2014 to 17 September 2015 |
|
Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting Prime Minister |
Mil |
1st Term; Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 17 September 2015 to 23 September 2015 |
Vacant |
| 23 September 2015 to Present |
|
Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting Prime Minister |
Mil |
2nd Term; Restored |