| 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 31 October 2014 |
Blaise Compaoré, President |
Resigned during the 2014 uprising |
| 31 October 2014 to 1 November 2014 |
|
Honoré Traoré, Acting Head of State |
Mil |
Claimant |
| 1 November 2014 to 18 November 2014 |
|
Yacouba Isaac Zida, Acting Head of State |
Mil |
|
| 18 November 2014 to 17 September 2015 |
|
Michel Kafando, Interim President |
n-p |
1st Term; Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 17 September 2015 to 23 September 2015 |
 |
Gilbert Diendéré, Chairman of the National Council for Democracy |
Mil |
|
| 23 September 2015 to Present |
|
Michel Kafando, Interim President |
n-p |
2nd Term; Restored |