| width="18%"|Tenure | width="30%"|Incumbent | width="20%"|Notes |
| olspan="3"|French Suzerainty |
| olspan="3"|Incorporated into Haut-Sngal-Niger |
| small>1904 to 1 March 1919 | | |
| olspan="3"|Colony of Upper Volta (Haute-Volta) within French West Africa |
| small>9 November 1919 to 7 August 1927 | douard Hesling, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small>7 August 1927 to 13 January 1928 | Robert Arnaud, acting Lieutenant Governor | |
| small>13 January 1928 to 22 December 1932 | Albric Fournier, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small>22 December 1932 to 31 December 1932 | Gabriel Descemet, Lieutenant Governor | |
| small>6 September 1947 to 29 April 1948 | Gaston Mourgues, acting Governor | |
| small>29 April 1948 to 23 February 1953 | Albert Mouragues, Governor | |
| small>23 February 1953 to 3 November 1956 | Salvador Jean tcheber, Governor | |
| small>3 November 1956 to 15 July 1958 | Yvon Bourges, Governor | |
| small>15 July 1958 to 11 December 1958 | Max Berthet, acting Governor | |
| small>11 December 1958 to February 1959 | Max Berthet, High Commissioner | |
| small>February 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Paul Masson, High Commissioner | |
| b>Republic of Upper Volta | colspan="2"|Autonomous |
| olspan="3"|('Rpublique de Haute-Volta') |
| small>11 December 1959 to 5 August 1960 | Maurice Yamogo, President | Becoming President of Republic of Upper Volta |
| a href="/encyclopedia/5-August" title="5 August">5 August 1960 | Independence as 'Republic of Upper Volta' |
For continuation after independence