Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1955) is a Burkinabe lawyer, pan-Africanist, writer and statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from October 2022 until his firing by President Ibrahim Traoré in December 2024.

[citation needed] After completing his early education in Burkina Faso, he went on to study in France, where he received his doctorate of law in 1986 from the University of Nice.

As a student in France in the 1980s, Tambèla founded a branch of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) in Nice, Côte-d’Azur to defend and financially support the revolutionary struggle abroad waged by Thomas Sankara.

"[4] In 2022, Kyélem de Tambèla was unexpectedly appointed as the prime minister of Burkina Faso by President Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

[10] Tambèla is also an author of books on the culture and politics of Burkina Faso, and is known nationwide for having been a presenter on the private television channel BF1 TV, on the programs Press Échos and 7 Infos.