| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Affliation
| Notes
|
| Republic of Upper Volta | Autonomous
|
| (République de Haute-Volta)
|
| 11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Maurice Yaméogo, President | UDV |
|
| Republic of Upper Volta | Independence from France
|
| (République de Haute-Volta)
|
| 5 August 1960 to 4 January 1966 | Maurice Yaméogo, President | UDV | (contd.)
|
| 4 January 1966 to 25 November 1980 | Sangoulé Lamizana, President | Mil/MNR |
|
| 25 November 1980 to 7 November 1982 | Saye Zerbo, President of the Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress | Mil |
|
| 8 November 1982 to 11 November 1982 | Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Provisional Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation | Mil |
|
| 11 November 1982 to 26 November 1982 | Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Chairman of the Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation | (contd.)
|
| 26 November 1982 to 4 August 1983 | Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo, Head of State | Mil | (contd.)
|
| 4 August 1983 to 15 October 1987 | Thomas Sankara, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Head of State | Mil |
|
| 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 | (contd.)
|
| December 1991 to 24 December 1991 | ODP-MT | (contd.)
|
| 24 December 1991 to 4 August 1994 | Blaise Compaoré, Head of State | (contd.)
|
| Bourkina-Fasso
|
| 4 August 1994 to 15 August 1994 | Blaise Compaoré, Head of State | ODP-MT | (contd.)
|
| Burkina Faso
|
| 15 August 1994 to 1996 | Blaise Compaoré, Head of State | ODP-MT | (contd.)
|
| 1996 to present | CPD | (contd.)
|
|
|
| CDP | Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
|
| (Congress for Democracy and Progress) extreme left, abandoned marxism 1 Aug 1997, former ODP-MT
|
| PDP | Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
|
| (Party for Democracy and Progress) social-democratic
|
| FP | Front Popular
|
| (Popular Front)
|
| 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
|
| (Burkina Faso
|
