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The Popular Front () was a political alliance in
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 t ...
. The FP was founded in October 1987 by that country's President,
Blaise Compaoré Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951)''Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders'' (2003), page 76–77.
, immediately after he came to power in a military
coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
. The first member parties of the FP were the *
Union of Burkinabè Communists Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...
(UCB) *
Burkinabè Communist Group Burkinabè Fulfulde: ''Burkinabè'') may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa * A person from Burkina Faso, or of Burkinabe descent. For information about the Burkinabè people, see: ** Demographics o ...
(GCB) *
Communist Struggle Union - The Flame Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a Far-left politics, far-left Political sociology, sociopolitical, Political philosophy, philosophical, and Economic ideology, economic ideology and current within th ...
(ULC-La Flamme). In early 1991 the member parties were the *
Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from ...
(ODP-MT) *
Rally of Independent Social Democrats The Rally of Social-Democrat Independents (french: Rassemblement des Sociaux Démocrates Indépendants, RSI) was a political party in Burkina Faso led by Alain Bédouma Yoda. History The party was officially recognised on 6 January 1992, and w ...
(RSDI) *
National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party The National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party (french: Convention Nationale des Patriotes Progressistes/Parti Social-Démocrate, CNPP/PSD) was a political party in Burkina Faso led by Pierre Tapsoba. History The party ...
(CNPP/PSD) *
Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...
(UDPB) *
Burkinabè Communist Group Burkinabè Fulfulde: ''Burkinabè'') may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa * A person from Burkina Faso, or of Burkinabe descent. For information about the Burkinabè people, see: ** Demographics o ...
(GCB) *
Group of Patriotic Democrats The Group of Patriotic Democrats () is a registered political party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). The GDP is a leftist party founded in 1989. Its secretary general is Issa Tiendrebéogo. At the legislative elections An el ...
(GDP) *
Movement of Progressive Democrats The Movement of Progressive Democrats (french: Mouvement des Démocrates Progressistes, MDP) was a political party in Burkina Faso. History The MDP was established on 15 October 1987 by Hermann Yaméogo. It joined the Popular Front, but was susp ...
(MDP) *
Group of Revolutionary Democrats A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together. Groups of people * Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity * Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic iden ...
(GDR) *
Union of Social Democrats Union of Social Democrats (USD; russian: Союз социал-демократов; ССД; ''Soyuz sotsial-demokratov'', ''SSD'') was an all-Russian non-governmental organization founded on 20 October 2007 by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorba ...
(USD) *
African Independence Party African Independence Party (in French: ''Parti Africain de l'Indépendance'') was a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). PAI was founded in Thiès, Senegal in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sections ...
(PIA) In 1995 member parties were the *
Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from ...
(ODP-MT) *
Movement of Progressive Democrats The Movement of Progressive Democrats (french: Mouvement des Démocrates Progressistes, MDP) was a political party in Burkina Faso. History The MDP was established on 15 October 1987 by Hermann Yaméogo. It joined the Popular Front, but was susp ...
(MDP) *
Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...
(UDPB) *
Rally of Independent Social Democrats The Rally of Social-Democrat Independents (french: Rassemblement des Sociaux Démocrates Indépendants, RSI) was a political party in Burkina Faso led by Alain Bédouma Yoda. History The party was officially recognised on 6 January 1992, and w ...
(RSDI) The leader of the FP was Arsène Bongnessan Yé. Defunct political party alliances in Burkina Faso Popular fronts of communist states {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub