Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index This page contains a list of Presidents of the state now known as Burkina Faso (Upper Volta until 1984). Presidents of Upper Volta and Burkina Faso, 1960-present Maurice Yaméogo: 5 August 1960 - 4 January 1966 Sangoulé Lamizana: 4 January 1966 - 25 November 1980 Saye Zerbo: 25 November 1980 - 7 November 1982 Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo: 8 November 1982 - 4 August 1983 Thomas Sankara: 4 August 1983 - 15 October 1987 Blaise Compaoré: 15 October 1987 - This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.