The Popular Front () was a political alliance in Burkina Faso.
The FP was founded in October 1987 by that country's president, Blaise Compaoré, immediately after he came to power in a military coup d'état. The first member parties of the FP were the Union of Burkinabé Communists (UCB), Burkinabé Communist Group (GCB) and the Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame (ULC-La Flamme).
In early 1991 the member parties were the Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP-MT) Rally of Social-Democrat Independents (RSDI) National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party (CNPP/PSD) Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina (UDPB) Burkinabé Communist Group (GCB) Group of Patriotic Democrats (GDP) Movement of Progressive Democrats (MDP) Group of Revolutionary Democrats (GDR) Union of Social Democrats (USD) African Independence Party (PAI)
In 1995 member parties were the Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (ODP-MT) Movement of Progressive Democrats (MDP) Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina (UDPB) Rally of Social-Democrat Independents (RSDI)
The leader of the FP was Arsène Bongnessan Yé.Le Burkina Faso du Front Populaire an I.Le Burkina Faso du Front populaire an III : pour un état de droit démocratique et révolutionnaire1er Congrès du Front populaire, tenu à Ouagadougou, les 1-2-3-4 mars 1990
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