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2007 Burkinabé Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Burkina Faso on 6 May 2007.Elections in 2007 IPU The result was a victory for the ruling (CDP), which won 73 of the 111 seats in the . Results References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest. It has a population of 20,321,378. Previously called Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as ''Burkinabè'' ( ), and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people, who settled the area in the 11th and 13th centuries. They established powerful kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. In 1896, it was colonized by the French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became a self-governing colony within the French Community. In 1960, it gained full independence with Maurice Yaméogo as president. Throughout the decades post in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union For Democracy And Social Progress (Burkina Faso)
The Union for Democracy and Social Progress (french: Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social) was a political party in Burkina Faso. In the 2007 parliamentary elections the party won one of the 111 seats in the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre .... Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Elections In Africa
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Social Democracy
New Social Democracy (in French: ''Nouvelle Démocratie Sociale, NDS'') is a political party in Burkina Faso. Its secretary general is Mamadou Samba Barry New Social Democracy (in French: ''Nouvelle Démocratie Sociale, NDS'') is a political party in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an a .... The NDS first took part in the parliamentary elections in 1992, following a growing movement towards a multi-party system in Burkina Faso. At the legislative elections in 1997 it won 2,885 votes. This number fell to 197 votes at the 2007 elections. The most recent elections, in 2015, saw the NDS win 165 votes.http://www.ceni.bf/sites/default/files/Legislatives2015/Liste%20Nationale.pdf The party has, to date, yet to gain a seat in the National Assembly of Burkina Faso. References Political parties in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unified Socialist Party (Burkina Faso)
Unified Socialist Party (in French: ''Parti Socialiste Unifié'') is a political party in Burkina Faso. PSU was founded in 2001, following a split from the Burkinabè Socialist Party (PSB). The party was led by Benoît Lompo. Lompo died October 30, 2007. PSU is part of the United Burkinabé Opposition (OBU) and the Socialist Alliance (together with the People's Movement for Socialism / Federal Party). However, the decision of the Socialist Alliance to support Dr. Emile Paré Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detective ... in the 2005 presidential elections has strained the relations between PSU and OBU. The party was unsuccessfully in 2007, 2012, and 2015 assembly elections. References Political parties in Burkina Faso Socialist parties in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement For Tolerance And Progress
Movement for Tolerance and Progress (in French: ''Mouvement pour la Tolérance et le Progrès, MTP'' and in Mooré: Moog Teeb Panpaasgo) is a Sankarist political party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in September 1987. It is led by Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré. It won 0.3% of the popular vote in the parliamentary elections of 1997. In 2005 the party took part in the presidential election of 13 November, where its candidate Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré Emmanuel Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré (born 20 June 1948) is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé politician and leader of the Movement for Tolerance and Progress (MTP) party. References 1948 births Living people Movement for Tolerance and Progress ... won 0.32% of the popular vote. Political parties in Burkina Faso Sankarist political parties in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotic Front For Change
The Patriotic Front for Change () is a political party in Burkina Faso. At the previous legislative elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ... on 5 May 2002, the party won 0.5% of the popular vote and 1 out of 111 seats. Political parties in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecologist Party For The Development Of Burkina
The Ecological Party for the Development of Burkina () is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Republic of Upper Volta, Upper Volta) founded in 2003. The president of the PEDB is Yacouba Touré. The party is a member of the Federation of Green Parties of Africa/Partis Verts de la Fédération en Afrique. Green parties in Africa Political parties in Burkina Faso Global Greens member parties {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organisation For Democracy And Labour
The Organisation for Democracy and Labour (french: Organisation pour la démocratie et le travail, ODT) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The party supported the government of Blaise Compaoré. As of 2013 Moïse Sawadogo was the chairman of the party. The slogan of the party is 'Democracy - Work - Justice'.lefaso.net. Rentrée politique de l’ODT : Le parti s’apprête à affronter les élections de 2012' The party was registered with the Burkinabé authorities for the first time on April 14, 2003. It was re-registered in 2007 and 2011. The party contested elections for the first time in 2006, fielding candidates in local polls. 17 ODT municipal councilors were elected. The party won one seat in the 2012 legislative election.lefaso.net. Burkina : un parti de la mouvance suspend son unique député pour « haute trahison »' The party general secretary Dieudonné Sawadogo was elected from Bam Province. The provincial list of the party got 12,813 votes. The national list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance For Progress And Freedom
The Alliance for Progress and Freedom () is a political party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). At the last legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ..., 5 May 2002, the party won 0.7% of the popular vote and 1 out of 111 seats. Political parties in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rally Of The Ecologists Of Burkina
The Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina (RDEB) (''Rassemblement des Écologistes du Burkina'') is a political party in Burkina Faso. Background RDEB candidate Ram Ouédraogo ran in the 13 November 2005 presidential election, placing 5th out of 13 candidates with 2.04% of the vote. See also *Conservation movement *Environmental movement *Green party *Green politics *List of environmental organizations *Sustainability *Sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ... Political parties in Burkina Faso Green parties in Africa {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Independence Party (Burkina Faso)
The African Independence Party (french: Parti Africain de l'Indépendance) was a communist party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), led by Thomas Sankara and Philippe Ouédraogo. It was a part of the Pan-African communist African Independence Party (PAI), which established its branch in Upper Volta in 1963. In 1973, PAI launched the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) as its open mass front. LIPAD became an important movement during the revolution of 1983 and through LIPAD PAI took part in the Thomas Sankara government for one year. Then relations with Sankara soured and LIPAD was expelled from the government. In the 1992 parliamentary elections, PAI was part of the pro-government Popular Front. PAI won two seats. In 1999, the PAI split, and Soumane Touré formed a parallel PAI. The PAI led by Touré, which joined the government, obtained the legal recognition of the name PAI. The PAI led by Ouédraogo registered an electoral party, the Party for Democracy and So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
