The National Rebirth Party (, PAREN) is a

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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 ...

History

At the

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, 5 May 2002, the party won 2.7% of the popular vote and 4 out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate

Laurent Bado Laurent Bado is a Burkinabé politician and member of the National Rebirth Party (PAREN). Political career Running as the PAREN candidate in the 13 November 2005 presidential election, Bado placed third out of 13 candidates, receiving 2.60% of ...

won 2.6% of the popular vote. At the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party won 1 seat.

References

1999 establishments in Burkina Faso Communitarianism Conservative parties in Africa Political parties established in 1999 Political parties in Burkina Faso Social conservative parties {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub