Popular Front (Burkina Faso)

Popular Front (Burkina Faso)

The Popular Front ( _fr. Front Populaire) was a political alliance in Burkina Faso. The FP was founded in October 1987 by that country's current 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 Burkinabè Communists (UCB)
*Burkinabè Communist Group (GCB)
*Communist Struggle Union - The Flame (ULC-La Flamme).

In early 1991 the member parties were the
*Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement (ODP-MT)
*Rally of Independent Social Democrats (RSDI)
*National Convention of Progressive Patriots (CNPP/PSD)
*Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina (UDPB)
*Burkinabè Communist Group (GCB)
*Group of Patriotic Democrats (GDP)
*Movement of Progressive Democrats (MDP)
*Group of Revolutionary Democrats (GDR)
*Union of Social Democrats (USD)

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 Independent Social Democrats (RSDI)

The leader of the FP was Arsène Bongnessan Yé


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