Party of Labour of Burkina

Party of Labour of Burkina
Secretary-GeneralOumarou Clément Ouédraogo
Founded1990
DissolvedFebruary 1996
Split fromOrganization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement
Merged intoParty for Democracy and Progress
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism

The Party of Labour of Burkina (French: Parti du Travail du Burkina, PTB) was a political party in Burkina Faso.

PTB was founded on December 23, 1990 by Clément Oumarou Ouédraogo, who became the general secretary of the party.[1][2][3] Ouédraogo had been expelled from the Popular Front and the Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement (ODP-MT), organizations of which he had been the general secretary, by Blaise Compaoré in April 1990.[4] PTB was registered on April 4, 1991.[5][3] PTB was a Marxist-Leninist party.[2]

Ouédraogo was killed on December 9, 1991.[4] After the death of Ouédraogo, the Second Plenum of the PTB Central Committee elected Alain Nidaoua Sawadogo as the new party leader.[5][6] PTB merged with the Party for Democracy and Progress on February 23, 1996.[5]

References

  1. ^ Banks, Arthur S., et al. Political Handbook of the World 1998. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. p. 134
  2. ^ a b Yé, Bongnessan Arsène. Burkina Faso, les fondements politiques de la IVe République. Presses universitaires de Ouagadougou, 1995. pp. 126-127
  3. ^ a b Kaboré, Roger Bila. Histoire politique du Burkina Faso: 1919-2000. L'Harmattan, 2002. p. 242
  4. ^ a b Rupley, Lawrence, et al. Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso. Scarecrow Press, 2013. pp. lx, 157-158
  5. ^ a b c Femmes d'Afrique. Karthala, 1998.
  6. ^ Rétrospective de l'actualité en .... Ministre de la communication, 1992. p. 6