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2020-JUN-07
Polity Timeline
BURKINA FASO
Flag or logo changes:
1900-01-01:
French Protectorate of UPPER VOLTA
(Waghadugu)
- UPPER VOLTA
1942-11-02:
UPPER IVORY COAST Region [Free French Residency]
(Wagadugu)
- UPPER IVORY COAST
1944-08-25:
UPPER IVORY COAST Region [French Residency directly administered from Ivory Coast]
(Wagadugu)
- UPPER IVORY COAST
1959-12-09:
Autonomous Republic of UPPER VOLTA
(Wagadugu)
- UPPER VOLTA
1984-08-04:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [National Revolutionary Council]
(Ouagadougou)
- BURKINA FASO
Emblem or Symbol changes:
1900-01-01:
French Protectorate of UPPER VOLTA
(Waghadugu)
- UPPER VOLTA
1919-03-01:
French Colony of UPPER VOLTA
(Wagadugu)
- UPPER VOLTA
1930-01-01:
French Colony of UPPER VOLTA
(Wagadugu)
- UPPER VOLTA
1957-05-18:
French Overseas Territory of UPPER VOLTA [Government Council]
(Wagadugu)
- UPPER VOLTA
1959-12-09:
Autonomous Republic of UPPER VOLTA
(Wagadugu)
- UPPER VOLTA
1961-05-04:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA
(Ouagadougou)
- UPPER VOLTA
1967-01-01:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA
(Ouagadougou)
- UPPER VOLTA
1983-08-04:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA [National Revolutionary Council]
(Ouagadougou)
- UPPER VOLTA
1997-06-07:
Republic of BURKINA FASO
(Ouagadougou)
- BURKINA FASO
1997-09-01:
Republic of BURKINA FASO
(Ouagadougou)
- BURKINA FASO
Sovereignty changes:
1900-01-01:
FRANCE
1940-06-22:
FRANCE
+
1942-11-02:
FIGHTING FRANCE
1958-12-11:
UPPER VOLTA
+
FRANCE
+
1958-12-23:
UPPER VOLTA
+
FRANCE
+
FRENCH WEST AFRICA
+
1959-01-01:
UPPER VOLTA
+
FRANCE
+
MALI
+
1959-03-01:
UPPER VOLTA
+
FRANCE
+
SAHEL-BENIN
+
1959-05-01:
UPPER VOLTA
+
FRANCE
+
1960-08-05:
UPPER VOLTA
Capital Local Name changes:
1900-01-01:
Woghodogo
1919-03-01:
Ouagadougou
Local Name of Country changes:
1900-01-01:
HAUTE-VOLTA
1933-01-01:
OUAGADOUGOU
1937-07-13:
HAUTE-VOLTA
1938-01-01:
HAUTE-CÔTE-D´IVOIRE
1947-01-04:
HAUTE-VOLTA
1984-08-04:
BOURKINA-FASSO
1984-08-16:
BURKINA-FASO
2001-07-02:
BURKĨNA FASO
2001-08-01:
BURKINA-FASO
Status changes:
1900-01-01:
French Protectorate of UPPER VOLTA
1919-03-01:
French Colony of UPPER VOLTA
1932-09-06:
Territory of UPPER VOLTA
1933-01-01:
WAGADUGU Circle
1937-07-13:
Region of UPPER VOLTA
1938-01-01:
UPPER IVORY COAST Region [French Residency]
1942-11-02:
UPPER IVORY COAST Region [Free French Residency]
1944-08-25:
UPPER IVORY COAST Region [French Residency directly administered from Ivory Coast]
1947-01-04:
French Territory of UPPER VOLTA [French Residency]
1947-09-04:
French Overseas Territory of UPPER VOLTA [French Residency]
1947-09-06:
French Overseas Territory of UPPER VOLTA
1957-05-18:
French Overseas Territory of UPPER VOLTA [Government Council]
1958-12-11:
Autonomous Voltaic Republic : UPPER VOLTA
1959-12-09:
Autonomous Republic of UPPER VOLTA
1960-08-05:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA
1980-11-25:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA [Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress]
1982-11-08:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA [Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation]
1982-11-11:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA [Committee of Popular Salvation]
1982-11-26:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA
1983-08-04:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA [National Revolutionary Council]
1984-08-04:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [National Revolutionary Council]
1984-08-16:
People´s Democratic Republic of BURKINA FASO [National Revolutionary Council]
1987-10-15:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Popular Front]
1991-12-24:
Republic of BURKINA FASO
2014-11-18:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Transitional Government]
2015-09-17:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [National Council of Democracy]
2015-09-23:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Transitional Government]
2015-12-29:
Republic of BURKINA FASO
2022-01-24:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration : PMSR]
Ruler changes:
1958-12-11:
Autonomous Voltaic Republic : UPPER VOLTA
(Wagadugu)
-
Maurice Yameogo
(Nawalagmba Maurice Yaméogo)
1959-12-11:
Autonomous Republic of UPPER VOLTA
(Wagadugu)
-
President Maurice Yameogo
(Président Nawalagmba Maurice Yaméogo)
1966-01-04:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA
(Ouagadougou)
-
General Aboubakar Sangoule Lamizana
(Général Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana)
1980-11-25:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA [Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress]
(Ouagadougou)
-
President Saye Zerbo
(Président Saye Zerbo)
1982-11-08:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA [Provisional Committee of Popular Salvation]
(Ouagadougou)
-
Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo
(Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo)
1983-08-04:
Republic of UPPER VOLTA [National Revolutionary Council]
(Ouagadougou)
-
Thomas Sankara
(Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara)
1987-10-15:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Popular Front]
(Ouagadougou)
-
President Blaise Compaore
(Président Blaise Compaoré)
2014-10-31:
Republic of BURKINA FASO
(Ouagadougou)
-
General Honore Nabere Traore
(Général Honoré Nabéré Traoré)
2014-11-01:
Republic of BURKINA FASO
(Ouagadougou)
-
Yacouba Isaac Zida
(Isaac Yacouba Zida)
2014-11-18:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Transitional Government]
(Ouagadougou)
-
Michel Kafando
(Michel Kafando)
2015-09-17:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [National Council of Democracy]
(Ouagadougou)
-
Gilbert Diendere
(Gilbert Diendéré)
2015-09-23:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Transitional Government]
(Ouagadougou)
-
Michel Kafando
(Michel Kafando)
2015-12-29:
Republic of BURKINA FASO
(Ouagadougou)
-
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore
(Président Roch Marc Christian Kaboré)
2022-01-24:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration : PMSR]
(Ouagadougou)
-
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
(Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba)
2022-02-16:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration : PMSR]
(Ouagadougou)
-
President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
(Président Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba)
2022-09-30:
Republic of BURKINA FASO [Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration : PMSR]
(Ouagadougou)
-
President Ibrahim Traore
(Président Ibrahim Traoré)