Burkinabé Socialist Party

Burkinabé Socialist Party
LeaderOuindélassida François Ouédraogo
FoundedDecember 1990
DissolvedMay 2001
Split fromAfrican Independence Party
Merged intoParty for Democracy and Progress
IdeologySocialism
Political positionLeft-wing

Burkinabé Socialist Party (in French: Party Socialiste Burkinabé) was a political party in Burkina Faso.[1] The PSB split from the PAI in 1990. Its leader was Ouindélassida François Ouédraogo.

At the legislative elections in 1992, the PSB won 1.2% of the popular vote and 1 out of 111 seats. In 1997, it won 1.8% of the vote and one seat.

In May 2001, it merged with the Party for Democracy and Progress.

References

  1. ^ Parti socialiste burkinabè, Grandes orientations du programme du P.S.B., Ouagadougou 1992