Popular Front (Burkina Faso)

Popular Front

Front Populaire
Popular Front Front Populaire
Leader	Arsène Bongnessan Yé
Founded	October 1987
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Factions; Social democracy
	Politics of Burkina Faso; Political parties; Elections;

The Popular Front (French: Front Populaire) was a political alliance in Burkina Faso.

The FP was founded in October 1987 by that country's President, Blaise Compaoré, immediately after he came to power in a military coup d'état. The first member parties of the FP were the Union of Burkinabé Communists (UCB), Burkinabé Communist Group (GCB) and the Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame (ULC-La Flamme).

In early 1991 the member parties were the

Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP-MT)
Rally of Social-Democrat Independents (RSDI)
National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party (CNPP/PSD)
Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina (UDPB)
Burkinabé Communist Group (GCB)
Group of Patriotic Democrats (GDP)
Movement of Progressive Democrats (MDP)
Group of Revolutionary Democrats (GDR)
Union of Social Democrats (USD)
African Independence Party (PAI)

In 1995 member parties were the

Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP-MT)
Movement of Progressive Democrats (MDP)
Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina (UDPB)
Rally of Social-Democrat Independents (RSDI)

The leader of the FP was Arsène Bongnessan Yé.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reference

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[1] Le Burkina Faso du Front Populaire an I.

[2] Le Burkina Faso du Front populaire an III : pour un état de droit démocratique et révolutionnaire

[3] 1er Congrès du Front populaire, tenu à Ouagadougou, les 1-2-3-4 mars 1990

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Unrepresented	National Union for Democracy and Development Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party Party of Independence, Labour and Justice Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina Social Forces Front Union for the Republic Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party
Defunct	African Independence Party African Independence Party (Touré) African Popular Movement African Regroupment Party Burkinabé Bolshevik Party Burkinabé Communist Group Burkinabé Socialist Bloc Burkinabé Socialist Party Citizen's Popular Rally Ecological Party for Progress Entente Fada N'Gourma Independent Party of Burkina Kaya Independent Party Marxist–Leninist Group Movement for Socialist Democracy Movement of Progressive Democrats National Convention for the Progress of Burkina National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party National Liberation Movement National Union for the Defence of Democracy National Union of Independents Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement Party for Democracy and Progress Party for Democracy and Rally Party for Democracy and Socialism Party of Independents Party of Labour of Burkina Patriotic League for Development Popular Action Grouping Rally for the Development of Burkina Rally of Social-Democrat Independents Republican Party for Liberty Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses Unified Democratic Party Union for Democracy and Social Progress Union of Burkinabé Communists Union of Communist Struggles Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame Union of Social Democrats Voltaic Communist Organization Voltaic Democratic Movement Voltaic Democratic Party Voltaic Labour Party Voltaic Progressive Front Voltaic Regroupment Movement Voltaic Union
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