Popular Front (Burkina Faso)

Popular Front
Front Populaire
LeaderArsène Bongnessan Yé
Founded15 October 1987
(37 years, 306 days)
Dissolved6 February 1996
(29 years, 192 days)
Merged intoCongress for Democracy and Progress
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Factions
Social democracy
Politics of Burkina Faso
Constitution (suspended)
Government
Parliament
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations

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

In 1995 member parties were the

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

References

  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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