| No.
|
Portrait
|
Name
(Birth–Death)
|
Term of office
|
Political party
|
Head(s) of state
|
| Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
| Republic of Upper Volta
|
| 1
|
|
Gérard Kango Ouédraogo
(1925–2014)
|
13 February 1971
|
8 February 1974
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
 Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, since 24 January 2019.
|
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Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré