Burkina Faso
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- 20 Feb 1895 - 9 Dec 1959
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- 9 Dec 1959 - 4 Aug 1984
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- Adopted 4 Aug 1984
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Map
of Burkina Faso |
Hear
National Anthem
"Le Ditanye"
(Anthem of the
Victory)
Adopted 2 Aug 1984 |
Former
National Anthem
"Hymne Nationale
Voltaïque"
(National Anthem of
Upper Volta) (1960-1984) |
Constitution
(2 Jun 1991;
suspended
31 Oct - 15 Nov 2014
and 24-31 Jan 2022) |
Capital:
Ouagadougou
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Currency:
Communauté
Financière
Africaine
Franc
(XOF) |
National
Holiday: 11 Dec (1958)
Proclamation de la
République
(Republic Day)
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Population:
19,742,715 (2018) |
GDP: $35.85
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$3.14 billion (2017)
Imports: $3.30
billion (2017)
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Ethnic groups: Mossi 52%, Fulani 8.4%,
Gurma 7%,
Bobo 4.9%, Gurunsi 4.6%, Senufo 4.5%,
Bissa 3.7%, Lobi 2.4%,
Dagara 2.4%, Tuareg/Bella 1.9%,
Dioula 0.8%, unspecified/
no answer 0.3%, other 7.2% (2010)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 11,200 (2018)
Merchant marine:
None (2017)
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Religions:
Muslim 61.5%, Roman Catholic 23.3%,
traditional/
animist 7.8%, Protestant 6.5%,
other/no answer 0.2%,
none 0.7% (2010)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP,
AfCFTA,
AfDB, APM, AU (suspended), BCEAO, BTWC,
CCM, CD, CEMAC, CEN-SAD, CTBT, CWC, ECOWAS
(suspended), EITI, ESCR, FAO, FZ, G-77,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA,
ISA, ISESCO, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA,
NAM, NPT, NTBT (signatory), OIC, OIF
(suspended), OPCW, OST, PCA, UN, UNCLOS,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP,
UNFCC-PA,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB
(regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Burkina
Faso
Index
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Chronology
20 Feb
1895
French protectorate of Haute-Volta
(Upper Volta).
18 Oct
1904
Part of Haut-Sénégal-Niger (see Mali).
1 Mar
1919
French colony of Haute-Volta (Upper
Volta)
(part of French West Africa; see Senegal).
1 Jan
1933 - 27 Sep 1947 Partitioned
between French Sudan, Ivory Coast,
and Niger.
1 Jan
1938 - 29 Jul 1940 Haute Côte
d'Ivoire (Upper Ivory Coast)(as part
of
Ivory Coast).
16 Jun 1940 - 23 Nov
1942 Administration loyal to
Vichy France (from 23 Nov
1942 [under Darlan to 24 Dec 1942],
Free French).
27 Sep
1947
French overseas territory Haute-Volta
(Upper Volta)
11 Dec
1958
Autonomy (Republic of Upper Volta [République
de
Haute-Volta];
also in official use to 1959:
Voltaic Republic [République
Voltaïque]).
11 Dec 1958
- 5 Aug 1960 Member state
of the Communauté (French
Community).
30 Jan
1959
Mali Federation constitution is
ratified by
Upper Volta, but is de facto voided 19
Mar 1959.
5 Aug
1960
Independence from France.
4 Aug
1984
Burkina Faso.
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Traditional
States
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Commandants
20 Feb 1895 - 26 Jul 1898 Georges
Matthieu Destenave (b. 1854
- d. 1928)
Jul 1898 - 18 Oct 1904
Crane
18 Oct 1904 - 1 Mar 1919 part
of Senegal
Lieutenant governors
9 Nov 1919 - 7 Aug 1927
Frédéric Charles
Édouard
(b. 1869 - d. 1934)
Alexandre Hesling
6 Aug 1921 - 26 May 1922 Louis
Jacques Eugène Fousset
(b. 1882 - d. 1949)
(1st time)(acting for Hesling)
9 May 1924 - 10 Dec 1924 Louis
Jacques Eugène Fousset
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting for
Hesling)
May 1926 - Nov
1926 Louis
Jacques Eugène Fousset
(s.a.)
(3rd time)(acting for
Hesling)
7 Aug 1927 - 13 Jan 1928 Robert
Arnaud
(acting)
(b. 1873 - d. 1950)
13 Jan 1928 - 22 Dec 1932 Albéric Auguste
Fournier (b. 1878 -
d. 19..)
10 Jan 1929 - 1 Dec 1929 Louis
Jacques Eugène Fousset
(s.a.)
(4th time)(acting for Fournier)
1 Dec 1929 - 20 Jan 1930 Henri
Louis Chessé (1st time) (b. 1874 -
d. 19..)
(acting for Fournier)
1 Aug 1930 - 20 Jan 1931 François
Eugène Paul Bernard (b. 1879 - d.
19..)
(acting for Fournier)
22 Dec 1932 - 31 Dec 1932 Gabriel Omer
Descemet
(b. 1879 - d. 1961)
31 Dec 1931 - 1 Jan 1933 Henri
Louis Chessé (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(interim)
1 Jan 1933 - 27 Sep 1947 divided
between French Sudan,
Ivory Coast, and Niger
Resident Superior of Upper Ivory
Coast
1 Jan 1938 - 29 Jul 1940 Edmond
Louveau
(b. 1895 - b. 1973)
29 Jul 1940 - 27 Sep 1947 direct rule
by Ivory Coast
Governors
27 Sep 1947 - 29 Apr 1948 Gaston Mourgues
(acting) (b. 1895 -
d. 1966)
29 Apr 1948 - 23 Feb 1953 Albert Jean
Mouragues
(b. 1908 - d.
1976)
22 Mar 1950 - Oct 1950
Lucien Eugène Geay
(b. 1900 - d. 1976)
(acting for Mouragues)
25 Apr 1952 - Oct 1952
Roland Joanes Louis
Pré
(b. 1907 - d. 1980)
(acting for Mouragues)
23 Feb 1953 - 3 Nov 1956 Salvador
Jean Étcheber
(b. 1901 - d. 1967)
3 Nov 1956 - 15 Jul 1958 Yvon
Bourges
(b. 1921 - d. 2009)
15 Jul 1958 - 11 Dec 1958 Max
Guillaume Berthet (acting)
(b. 1909 - d. 1961)
High Commissioners
11 Dec 1958 - Feb 1959
Max Guillaume Berthet
(s.a.)
Feb 1959 - 5 Aug
1960 Paul Jean Marie
Masson
(b. 1920 - d. 2009)
Presidents
11 Dec 1959 - 4 Jan 1966 Nawalagmba
Maurice Yaméogo
(b. 1921 - d.
1993) UDV-RDA
4 Jan 1966 - 25 Nov 1980 Aboubakar
Sangoulé
Lamizana (b.
1916 - d. 2005)Mil;1970 None
25 Nov 1980 - 7 Nov 1982 Saye
Zerbo
(b. 1932 - d. 2013) Mil
(president of Military Committee
of Recovery for National Progress,
and from 7 Dec 1980 Head of State)
7 Nov 1982 - 4 Aug 1983
Jean-Baptiste
Ouédraogo
(b.
1942)
Mil
(president of Provisional Committee
of Popular Salvation [provisional
to 11 Nov 1982] to 26 Nov 1982,
then Head of State)
4 Aug 1983 - 15 Oct 1987 Thomas
Isidore Noël
Sankara (b.
1949 - d. 1987) Mil
(president of National Revolutionary
Council and Head of State to 10 Aug 1984
then and
President)
15 Oct 1987 - 31 Oct 2014 Blaise
Compaoré
(b. 1951) Mil/FP;Dec
1991
(president of Popular Front [from 31 Oct
1987 ODP-MT;1996
and Head of State] to 24 Dec
1991)
CDP
31 Oct 2014
Honoré Nabéré Traoré
(b. 1957)
Mil
(Head of State)(did not take office)
31 Oct 2014 - 18 Nov 2014 Isaac
Yacouba Zida (Head of State) (b. 1965)
Mil
18 Nov 2014 - 17 Sep 2015 Michel Kafando (1st
time) (b.
1942)
Non-party
(president of the transition, president)
17 Sep 2015 - 23 Sep 2015 Gilbert Diendéré
(b. 1958)
Mil
(president of National Council of Democracy)
23 Sep 2015 - 29 Dec 2015 Michel Kafando
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
Non-party
(president of the transition, president)
29 Dec 2015 - 24 Jan 2022
Roch Marc Christian
Kaboré
(b.
1957)
MPP
24 Jan 2022
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Paul-Henri Sandaogo
Damiba
(b. 1981)
Mil
(president of
Patriotic Movement for
Safeguard and Restoration to 29 Jan 2022;
from 29 Jan 2022, president of the Patriotic
Movement for Safeguard and Restoration,
president, head of state to 16 Feb 2022)
Vice President of the Government Council
18 May 1957 - 26 Jul 1958 Daniel
Ouézzin
Coulibaly
(b. 1909 - d. 1958) UDV
Presidents of the Government Council
26 Jul 1958 - 7 Sep 1958 Daniel
Ouézzin
Coulibaly
(s.a.)
UDV-RDA
7 Sep 1958 - 11 Dec 1958 Nawalagmba
Maurice Yaméogo
(s.a.)
UDV-RDA
(acting to 21 Oct 1958)
Prime ministers
11 Dec 1958 - 11 Dec 1959 Nawalagmba
Maurice Yaméogo
(s.a.)
UDV-RDA
11 Dec 1959 - 13 Feb 1971 Post
abolished
13 Feb 1971 - 8 Feb 1974 Gérard
Kango
Ouédraogo
(b. 1925 - d. 2014) UDV-RDA
8 Feb 1974 - 7 Jul 1978
Aboubakar Sangoulé
Lamizana
(s.a.)
Non-party
7 Jul 1978 - 25 Nov 1980 Issoufou
Joseph
Conombo
(b. 1917 - d. 2008) UDV-RDA
25 Nov 1980 - 10 Jan 1983
Post abolished
10 Jan 1983 - 17 May 1983 Thomas Isidore
Noël Sankara
(s.a.)
Mil
17 May 1983 - 16 Jun 1992 Post
abolished
16 Jun 1992 - 22 Mar 1994 Youssouf
Ouédraogo
(b. 1952 - d. 2017) ODP-MT
22 Mar 1994 - 6 Feb 1996 Roch Marc
Christian
Kaboré
(s.a.)
ODP-MT
6 Feb 1996 - 7 Nov 2000 Kadré
Désiré
Ouédraogo
(b.
1953)
CDP
7 Nov 2000 - 11 Jun 2007 Paramanga
Ernest
Yonli
(b.
1956)
CDP
11 Jun 2007 - 18 Apr 2011 Tertius
Zongo
(b. 1957)
CDP
18 Apr 2011 - 30 Oct 2014 Luc Adolphe
Tiao
(b. 1954) CDP
30 Oct 2014 - 19 Nov 2014 Vacant
19 Nov 2014 - 17 Sep 2015 Isaac
Yacouba Zida (1st time)
(s.a.)
Mil
17 Sep 2015 - 23 Sep 2015 Vacant
23 Sep 2015 - 13 Jan 2016 Isaac Yacouba
Zida (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Mil
13 Jan 2016 - 24 Jan 2019 Paul
Kaba
Thieba
(b. 1960)
Non-party
24 Jan 2019 - 10 Dec 2021
Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré
(b.
1948)
Non-party
10 Dec 2021 - 24 Jan 2022 Lassina
Zerbo
(b.
1963)
Non-party
24 Jan 2022 - 3 Mar 2022
Vacant
3 Mar 2022
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Albert
Ouédraogo
(b.
1969)
Non-party
Territorial Disputes:
Adding to illicit cross-border activities, Burkina
Faso has issues concerning unresolved boundary
alignments with its neighbors, demarcation is
currently underway with Mali; the dispute with Niger
was referred to the ICJ in 2010, and a dispute over
several villages with Benin persists Benin retains a
border dispute with Burkina Faso around the town of
Koualou.
Party abbreviations: CDP = Congrès pour
la Démocratie et le Progrès (Congress for Democracy and
Progress, socialist, left-wing, former ODP-MT, suspended
from 15 Dec 2014, est.1996); MPP = Mouvement du Peuple
pour le Progrès (People's Movement for Progress,
progressive, center-left, est.25 Jan 2014); Mil
= Military;
- Former parties: FP =
Front Populaire (Popular Front, 1987-1991); MNR
= Mouvement National pour le Renouveau (National
Movement for Renewal, pro-Lamizana
organization, 1974-1980); ODP-MT = Organisation
pour la Démocratie Populaire-Mouvement du
Travail (Organization for People's
Democracy-Worker's Movement, communist, 1989-1996,
renounced Marxism-Leninism in Mar 1991, merged into CDP);
UDV = Union Démocratique du Voltaïque
(Voltaic Democratic Union, only
from 1958 legal party, 1947-1958, renamed
UDV-RDA); UDV-RDA = Union
Démocratique du Voltaïque-Rassemblement
Démocratique Africain (Voltaic Democratic Union-Rally
for a Democratic Africa, 1960-66 only
legal party, 1958-1980)
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