The Group of Patriotic Democrats () is a registered
political party
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in
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 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 ...
(formerly
Upper Volta).
The GDP is a
leftist
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party founded in 1989.
Its
secretary general
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is
Issa Tiendrebéogo.
At the
legislative
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Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...
elections
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of 1997 the GDP won 0.6% of the popular vote and no seats.
Political parties in Burkina Faso
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