 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mutungamiri anosarudzwa nevhoti yevanhu kwemakore mashanu uye anogona kushanda kusvika kumamirioni maviri. Mutungamiri wehurumende anogadzwa napurezidhendi achibvumirana nedare reparamende. Bumbiro remutemo raJune 2, 1991, rakagadza hurumende inotungamirirwa nemutungamiri wenyika ine paramende parliament inogona kuparadzwa neMutungamiri weRepublic, anosarudzwa kwemakore mashanu. Gore ra 2000 rakaona shanduko yebumbiro remitemo ichideredza nguva yemutungamiri wenyika kubva pamakore manomwe kusvika pamashanu, iyo yakasimbiswa panguva yesarudzo dza2005. Chimwe chinjo maererano neshanduko yacho ingadai yakadzivisa mutungamiri aripo Blaise Compaoré kusarudzwazve. Zvisinei, pasinei nekupikiswa nevamwe vakakwikwidza musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika, muna Gumiguru 2005, dare reConstitutional Council rakapa mutongo wekuti sezvo Compaoré akanga atova mutungamiri wenyika muna 2000, shanduko iyi yaisazoshanda kwaari kusvika pakupera kwetemu yake yechipiri ari pachigaro, nokudaro achivhura nzira yekumirira kwake musarudzo dza2005. Pana 13 November Compaoré akasarudzwazve mukukunda kukuru nekuda kwekupesana kwezvematongerwe enyika kwakakamurwa. Muna 2010, Compaoré akasarudzwa zvakare, uye mutemo wekutonga wakanga usingaiti kwaari. Kugadziriswa kwebumbiro remutemo muna 2014 kungadai kwakamubvumidza kumhanya zvakare, asi kuramba kwevanhu kwakatungamira kumukira kweBurkinabé muna 2014, uye Compaoré akasiya basa musi wa31 Gumiguru 2014. Hurumende inochinja inotungamirirwa naPurezidhendi Michel Kafondo uye Mutungamiriri weHurumende Isaac Zida vakatora masimba kwegore rimwe chete. Sarudzo dzaifanira kunge dzakaitwa muna Gumiguru 2015, asi nhengo dzeRegiment yePresidential Security dzakatanga coupMusi wa16 Gunyana 2015, vakasunga Mutungamiri Kafando neMutungamiri wehurumende Zida. Mutungamiri weRSP Gilbert Diendéré akazviti ndiye mutungamiri wehurumende itsva yemauto, asi kurwisa kwevanhu, kunotsigirwa nemauto nemauto ehurumende asina kubatana neRSP, vakamanikidza kusiya basa uye kudzorerwa kwehurumende yekuchinja vhiki rakatevera. 