Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party
Political party in Burkina Faso
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The Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (French: Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste, UNIR / PS) was a political party in Burkina Faso.
Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party | |
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| Leader | Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Dissolved | 2021 |
| Merged into | Union for Rebirth / Patriotic Sankarist Movement |
| Ideology | Sankarism Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Slogan | "Avec le Peuple, Victoire!" ("With the People, Victory!") |
| Website | |
| Union pour la Renaissance / Mouvement Sankariste, UNIR/MS | |
History
The party was founded on 1 November 2000. Its president is lawyer Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara,[1] who bears no family relationship to the late President Thomas Sankara.[2]
The name "Sankarist" party appears to be a reference to both President Sankara and the party's leader. The party subscribed to Sankarism.
At the legislative elections on 5 May 2002, the party won 2.4% of the popular vote and three out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara took second place with 4.88% of the popular vote.[3] At the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won four seats.
Political scientist Bettina Engels states that the UNIR/PS was among the opposition parties that participated in the 2014 uprising that ousted Blaise Compaoré, but that it "did not play a major role". The UNIR/PS went on to support the government of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.[4]
On 1 November 2021, it was announced that the party merged with the Mouvement Patriotique pour le Salut and other small Sankarist parties and organisations into a new party, the Union pour la Renaissance/ Mouvement patriotique sankariste (Union for Rebirth / Patriotic Sankarist Movement) or UNIR/MPS.[5][6] Bénéwendé Sankara continued to lead this party until he was succeeded by interim president Augustin Loada in January 2023.[7] All parties, including this one, were dissolved through decree by the junta government in Burkina Faso on 29 January 2026.[8]
