Party of Labour of Burkina
Party of Labour of Burkina | |
|---|---|
| Secretary-General | Oumarou Clément Ouédraogo |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Dissolved | February 1996 |
| Split from | Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement |
| Merged into | Party for Democracy and Progress |
| Ideology | Communism 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
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- ^ a b Yé, Bongnessan Arsène. Burkina Faso, les fondements politiques de la IVe République. Presses universitaires de Ouagadougou, 1995. pp. 126-127
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- ^ a b Rupley, Lawrence, et al. Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso. Scarecrow Press, 2013. pp. lx, 157-158
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