Popular Front (Burkina Faso)
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LeaderArsène Bongnessan Yé
Founded15 October 1987
(37 years, 305 days)
(37 years, 305 days)
Dissolved6 February 1996
(29 years, 191 days)
(29 years, 191 days)
MergedintoCongress for Democracy and Progress
Popular Front Front Populaire | |
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| Leader | Arsène Bongnessan Yé |
| Founded | 15 October 1987 (37 years, 305 days) |
| Dissolved | 6 February 1996 (29 years, 191 days) |
| Merged into | Congress for Democracy and Progress |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Factions Social democracy |
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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
