People's Movement for Progress

People's Movement for Progress Mouvement du peuple pour le progrès
Leader	Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Founded	25 January 2014
Ideology	Social democracy Progressivism Pro-democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National Assembly	55 / 127
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The People's Movement for Progress (French: Mouvement du peuple pour le progrès, MPP)^[1]^[2] 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 November 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.

References

↑ "Roch Marc Christian Kaboré à la tête d'un nouveau parti d'opposition", Jeune Afrique, 26 January 2014 (French).
↑ "Blaise wants compromise", Africa Confidential, volume 55, number 3, 7 February 2014.

Political parties in Burkina Faso

Parliamentary	People's Movement for Progress (55) Union for Progress and Reform (33) Congress for Democracy and Progress (18) Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (5) ADF–RDA (3) New Era for Democracy (3) National Rebirth Party (2) New Alliance of Faso (2) Alternative Faso (1) Organisation for Democracy and Labour (1) Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba (1) Rally for Democracy and Socialism (1) Union for a New Burkina (1) Movement for Democracy in Africa (1)

Unrepresented	National Union for Democracy and Development Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party Party of Independence, Labour and Justice Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina Social Forces Front Union for the Republic

Defunct	African Independence Party African Popular Movement African Regroupment Party Burkinabé Bolshevik Party Burkinabé Communist Group Burkinabé Socialist Bloc Burkinabé Socialist Party Citizen's Popular Rally Ecological Party for Progress Entente Fada N'Gourma Independent Party of Burkina Kaya Independent Party Marxist–Leninist Group Movement for Socialist Democracy Movement of Progressive Democrats National Convention for the Progress of Burkina National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party National Liberation Movement National Union for the Defence of Democracy National Union of Independents Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement Party for Democracy and Progress Party for Democracy and Rally Party for Democracy and Socialism Party of Independents Party of Labour of Burkina Patriotic League for Development Popular Action Grouping Rally for the Development of Burkina Rally of Social-Democrat Independents Republican Party for Liberty Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses Unified Democratic Party Union for Democracy and Social Progress Union of Burkinabé Communists Union of Communist Struggles Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame Union of Social Democrats Voltaic Communist Organization Voltaic Democratic Movement Voltaic Democratic Party Voltaic Labour Party Voltaic Progressive Front Voltaic Regroupment Movement Voltaic Union

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