Burkina Faso (01)

1895-1960 French rule


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

1958-1960


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 - -


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