Colonial Heads of Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)

List of Colonial Heads of Upper Volta (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) {|\n|-\n|colspan="2"|French Suzerainty\n|-\n!Term\n!Incumbent\n!Notes\n|-\n|1904 to 1 March 1919||Part of Haut-Sénégal-Niger\n|-\n|colspan="2"|Colony of Upper Volta (Haut-Volta) within French West Africa\n|-\n|9 November 1919 to 7 August 1927||Édouard Hesling, Lieutenant Governor\n|-\n|7 August 1927 to 13 January 1928||Robert Arnaud, acting Lieutenant Governor\n|-\n|13 January 1928 to 22 December 1932||Albéric Fournier, Lieutenant Governor\n|-\n|22 December 1932 to 31 December 1932||Gabriel Descemet, Lieutenant Governor\n|-\n|6 September 1947 to 29 April 1948||Gaston Mourgues, acting Governor\n|-\n|29 April 1948 to 23 February 1953||Albert Mouragues, Governor\n|-\n|23 February 1953 to 3 November 1956||Salvador Jean Étcheber, Governor\n|-\n|3 November 1956 to 15 July 1958||Yvon Bourges, Governor\n|-\n|15 July 1958 to 11 December 1958||Max Berthet, acting Governor\n|-\n|11 December 1958 to February 1959||Max Berthet, High Commissioner\n|-\n|February 1959 to 5 August 1960||Paul Masson, High Commissioner\n|-\n|colspan="2"|autonomous Republic of Upper Volta\n|-\n|11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960||Maurice Yaméogo, President||Becoming President of Republic of Upper Volta\n|-\n|5 August 1960||Independence as Republic of Upper Volta\n|} \nFor continuation after independence see: Presidents of Burkina Faso