People's Movement for Progress

The People's Movement for Progress (French: Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès, MPP)^[2][3] is a political party in Burkina Faso that was founded on 25 January 2014 by former Congress for Democracy and Progress member Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Kaboré ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 general election and was elected in the first round of voting; the MPP also won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly of Burkina Faso. It is a full member of the Progressive Alliance and Socialist International.^[4][5] On January 24, 2022, Kaboré was deposed as Burkina Faso President and arrested following a military coup.^[6][7]

Key Information

People's Movement for Progress Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès
Abbreviation	MPP
Leader	Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (detained under house arrest since January 2022)[1]
President	Alassane Bala Sakandé
Founded	25 January 2014 (2014-01-25)
Split from	Congress for Democracy and Progress
Ideology	Social democracy Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance Socialist International
Website
mpp-burkina.org
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Presidential elections

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Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
2015	Roch Marc Christian Kaboré	1,668,169	53.49%	Elected Y
2020		1,645,229	57.74%	Elected Y

National Assembly elections

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Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Outcome
2015	Roch Marc Christian Kaboré	1,096,814	34.71%	55 / 127	55	1st	Minority government
2020		968,980	34.59%	56 / 127	1	1st	Minority government

1. ^ "Burkina Faso restores constitution, names coup leader president". Al Jazeera. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
2. ^ "Roch Marc Christian Kaboré à la tête d'un nouveau parti d'opposition - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-15.
3. ^ "Blaise wants compromise". www.africa-confidential.com. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
4. ^ "Parties and Organizations". progressive-alliance.info. Progressive Alliance. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
5. ^ "SI Member Parties in Government". www.socialistinternational.org. Socialist International. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
6. ^ "Burkina Faso President Kabore 'detained' by mutinous soldiers". Al Jazeera. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
7. ^ AFP (24 January 2022). "Burkina Faso president arrested by mutinous soldiers: security sources". France 24. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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