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Burkina Faso: offices and people
Burkina Faso: offices and peopleExplore recorded offices, the people who held them and their institutional connections.
Coverage is partial. “Reported current” reflects source records and may be out of date. Connections show cited institutional relationships; they do not establish a reporting hierarchy.
35 of 35 offices match
Head of state
President of Burkina Faso
About this grouping
Grouped from a recorded national leadership term.
Recorded relationships
Dates unknown · Current status unverified
Wikidata relationship source (opens in a new tab)Source details
0 cited references in the stored statement.
Metadata retrieved 17 Sept 2026.
Dates unknown · Current status unverified
Wikidata relationship source (opens in a new tab)Source details
0 cited references in the stored statement.
Metadata retrieved 17 Sept 2026.
People and tenure
14 recorded terms
Ibrahim Traoré
Reported current30 Sept 2022 – End unknown
military leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Source marks this term current; not independently verified
- Start: 30 Sept 2022
Portrait: CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Bamjo226
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Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Historical24 Jan 2022 – 30 Sept 2022
Burkinabé military officer and president (January–September 2022)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 24 Jan 2022
- End: 30 Sept 2022
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Lamine Traoré (VOA)
Chérif Sy
Historical17 Sept 2015 – 23 Sept 2015
Burkinabé politician
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 17 Sept 2015
- End: 23 Sept 2015
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · U.S. Embassy Ouagadougou
Gilbert Diendéré
Historical17 Sept 2015 – 23 Sept 2015
Burkinabé military officer
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 17 Sept 2015
- End: 23 Sept 2015
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Master Sgt. Jeremiah Erickson
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Michel Kafando
Historical23 Sept 2015 – 29 Dec 2015
Burkinabé diplomat
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 23 Sept 2015
- End: 29 Dec 2015
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Etienne Ansotte / European Union, 2015 / EC - Audiovisual Service
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Historical29 Dec 2015 – 24 Jan 2022
former President of Burkina Faso ousted in a coup d'état on 23 Jan 2022
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 29 Dec 2015
- End: 24 Jan 2022
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Théodore Boermans / European Commission
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Honoré Traoré
Historical31 Oct 2014 – 1 Nov 2014
Burkinabé soldier
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 31 Oct 2014
- End: 1 Nov 2014
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Zoumana Wologo (VOA)
Michel Kafando
Historical18 Nov 2014 – 17 Sept 2015
Burkinabé diplomat
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 18 Nov 2014
- End: 17 Sept 2015
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Etienne Ansotte / European Union, 2015 / EC - Audiovisual Service
Yacouba Isaac Zida
Historical1 Nov 2014 – 18 Nov 2014
Burkinabé military officer and politician
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 1 Nov 2014
- End: 18 Nov 2014
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · U.S. Embassy Ouaga
Blaise Compaoré
Historical15 Oct 1987 – 31 Oct 2014
President of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 15 Oct 1987
- End: 31 Oct 2014
Portrait: Attribution (opens in a new tab) · Antônio Cruz/ABr; cropped, and resized by en:User:Hajor
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Thomas Sankara
Historical4 Aug 1983 – 15 Oct 1987
President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 4 Aug 1983
- End: 15 Oct 1987
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · The Militant/ Ernest Harsch
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
Historical8 Nov 1982 – 4 Aug 1983
Burkinabé politician
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 8 Nov 1982
- End: 4 Aug 1983
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Lamine Traoré, Voice of America
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Saye Zerbo
Historical25 Nov 1980 – 7 Nov 1982
President of Burkina Faso (1932-2013)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 25 Nov 1980
- End: 7 Nov 1982
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · United States Department of State
Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana
Historical3 Jan 1966 – 25 Nov 1980
President of Upper Volta and Burkina Faso (1916-2005)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 3 Jan 1966
- End: 25 Nov 1980
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · EC Audiovisual Center
Sources and coverage
Office and term sources are linked in each record. Portraits link to their Wikimedia Commons file pages with the available licence and attribution.
Coverage notes (3)
- Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster.
- Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain.
- Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.