National Assembly (Burkina Faso)

The National Assembly of Burkina Faso ( officially: French Assemblée Nationale) is the Parliament of Burkina Faso.

Seat, and system organization

The Parliament of Burkina Faso is unicameral and has its headquarters in the capital, Ouagadougou. The term of office for members of parliament is five years. Parliament is presided over by a president elected by the members for the duration of its term.

As is common in many parliaments the elected members of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso to organize not in parties, but as fractions. The major parties thereby form their own groups, representatives of small parties join forces either in an existing group or to form together their own group that meets the minimum requirements of ten members.

History

In the last elections, which took place on December 2, 2012, 127 deputies were elected to the National Assembly. In the previous Parliament, sat 111 MPs in Parliament. 1995 to 2002 it was the lower house in a bicameral system, since the abolition of the Upper House, it is the only chamber.

Fractions

In the wake of the general elections of 2012, five political groups have formed. As the following chart shows the formation of a group, however, has no influence on the actual power relations; the CDP remains dominant with an absolute majority.

President

The National Assembly is presided over since December 28, 2012 by Soungalo Ouattara.

The former President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso since 1960 were:

• First Republic (1960-1966): Begnon Damien Kone from 1960 to January 3, 1966
• Second Republic (1970-1974): Joseph Ouedrago 1970 - February 8, 1974
• Third Republic (1977-1980): Gérard K. Ouedrago 1978-25. November 1980
• Fourth Republic (1991 - present) Bongnessan Arsène Ye June 17 1992-17. June 1997
• Mélégué M. Traore June 17 1997-14. June 2002
• Roch March Christian Kabore of 14 June 2002 to 2012