Isaac Zida | |
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![]() Zida in 2015 | |
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso | |
In office 23 September 2015 – 29 December 2015 | |
President | Michel Kafando (Transitional) |
Preceded by | Vacant |
Succeeded by | Paul Kaba Thieba |
In office 19 November 2014 – 17 September 2015 | |
President | Michel Kafando (Transitional) |
Preceded by | Luc-Adolphe Tiao |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Head of State of Burkina Faso | |
Interim | |
In office 1 November 2014 – 18 November 2014 | |
Preceded by | Honoré Traoré (as transitional head of state) |
Succeeded by | Michel Kafando (as Transitional President) |
Personal details | |
Born | Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) | 16 November 1965
Political party | Independent |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Army of Burkina Faso |
Years of service | Until 2017 |
Rank | Divisional General |
Unit | Regiment of Presidential Security (until 2015) |
*Kafando was briefly deposed from 17 September 2015 – 23 September 2015 by Gilbert Diendéré. | |
Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 16 November 1965)[1] is a Burkinabé military officer who briefly served as Burkina Faso's interim head of state in November 2014. He took power in the aftermath of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, sidelining a more senior officer, Honoré Nabéré Traoré. A few weeks later, a civilian, Michel Kafando, was chosen to replace Zida as transitional head of state; Kafando then appointed Zida as Prime Minister on 19 November 2014.
Zida was briefly removed from office by the Regiment of Presidential Security in a September 2015 coup, but he was restored as Prime Minister within a week.