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Burkina Faso Page |
Welcome to ElectionInfo.com's pages on Burkina Faso
Official Name: Burkina Faso
Capital: Ouagadougou
Area: 274,000 square kilometres (105,792 square miles)
Major cities (Population)
Ouagadougou 681,000 (1990 estimate)
Bobo-Dioulasso 250,000 (1990 estimate)
Population: 10,319,000 (1995 estimate)
Population growth rate: 2.8 per cent (1990-1995 average)
Type of government: Parliamentary
Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France)
Constitution: June 1991
Voting Rights: None
Government
Burkina Faso was a French protectorate until 1960, when it became an independent republic. Under a 1977 constitution, executive power in the country was vested in a president who was directly elected to serve a five-year term. The constitution was suspended when the military seized power in November 1980. After several other coups during the 1980s, a new constitution was approved by a national referendum in June 1991. An uncontested presidential election took place in December 1991, and a 29-member cabinet was named in June 1992.
The unicameral national assembly was dissolved after the 1980 military coup, when all political parties were abolished. Multi-party voting was reintroduced in 1992 with the election of a 107-member Assembly of People’s Deputies. Burkina Faso is divided into 30 provinces.
The judicial system of Burkina Faso consists of people’s revolutionary tribunals under the supervision of two courts of appeal, one in Ouagadougou and the other at Bobo-Dioulasso.
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