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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR |
| 1895 | 20 february | French protectorate of Upper-Volta | Georges Destenave |
| 1898 | june | Crane | |
| 1904 | 18 october | Part of French colony of Mali | |
| 1919 | 1 march | French colony of Upper Volta | Frédéric Charles Édouard Alexandre Hesling |
| 1927 | 7 august | Robert Arnaud | |
| 1928 | 13 january | Albéric Auguste Fournier | |
| 1932 | 22 december | Gabriel Omer Descemet | |
| 1938 | 1 january | Part of French colony of Ivory Coast | |
| 1947 | 4 september | French territory of Upper Volta | Gaston Mourgues |
| 1948 | 29 april | Albert Jean Mouragues | |
| 1953 | 23 february | Salvador Jean Étcheber | |
| 1956 | 3 november | Yvon Bourges | |
| 1958 | 15 july | Max Berthet |
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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRESIDENT | PRIME MINISTER | HIGH COMMISSIONER |
| 1958 | 11 december | French Autonomy Republic of Upper Volta | Maurice Yaméogo | Max Berthet | |
| 1959 | february | Paul Jean Marie Masson | |||
| 1959 | 11 december | Independent Republic of Upper Volta under French Community | Maurice Yaméogo | - | - |
| 1960 | 5 august | Republic of Upper Volta | Maurice Yameogo | ||
| 1966 | 4 january | gen. Sangoulé Lamizana | gen. Sangoulé Lamizana (I) | ||
| 1971 | 13 february | Gerard Kango Ouedraogo | |||
| 1974 | 8 february | gen. Sangoulé Lamizana (II) | |||
| 1978 | 7 july | Joseph Conombo | |||
| 1980 | 25 november | col. Saye Zerbo | col. Saye Zerbo | ||
| 1982 | 7 november | mag. Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo | - | ||
| 1983 | 10 january | cap. Thomas Sankara | |||
| 1983 | 17 may | - | |||
| 1983 | 4 august | cap. Thomas Sankara |
| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRESIDENT | PRIME MINISTER |
| 1984 | 4 august | Democratic Popular Republic | cap. Thomas Sankara | |
| 1987 | 15 october | cap. Blaise Compaoré | ||
| 1992 | 16 june | Youssouf Ouedraogo | ||
| 1994 | 22 march | Marc-Christian Kaboré | ||
| 1996 | 6 february | Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo | ||
| 2000 | 7 november | Paramanga Ernest Yonli | ||
| 2007 | 11 june | Tertius Zongo |