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.

[4] On 1 November 2014, the armed forces unanimously backed Zida to lead the country in an interim capacity towards the 2015 presidential election.

[8] In the transitional government, appointed on 23 November, Zida held the defense portfolio in addition to his role as prime minister.

He also dismissed Auguste Denise Barry, who was closely associated with Zida, from his key post as Minister of Territorial Administration and Security.

[18] Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who was elected as President, was sworn in on 29 December 2015[19] and subsequently appointed Paul Kaba Thieba, an economist, as prime minister.