Burkina Faso Presidential Elections 2015, Burkina Faso Bank Chief Arrested For Embezzlement

Roch marc kabore was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election in burkina faso.

Election guide colorado. On november 29 2015 burkina faso held presidential and legislative elections that were generally considered free and fair by international observers electing roch marc christian kabore a former prime minister and head of the national assembly as president. Over 3 million citizens voted marking a 60 turnout and just under 100 political. Roch marc christian kabore.

Compaore and his congress for democracy and progress cdp dominated the countrys politics following a 1987 coup that ousted his former friend and. Burkina faso has elected a new president after nearly three decades of autocratic rule followed by a civil uprising. The first personality to be received in audience by the president of burkina faso michel kafando saturday november 28 2015 in ouagadougou was the president of the commission of the economic community of west african states ecowas desire ouedraogo kadre.

29 burkina faso held presidential and legislative elections that signify a change of direction in the countrys recent tumultuous political environment. General elections were held in burkina faso on 29 november 2015. Both the interim president and interim prime minister came to power shortly after a period of political unrest following the resignation of former president blaise compaore on 31 october 2014 and again after a short lived coup in september 2015.

Burkina faso has a national assembly assemblee nationale with 127 seats. Burkina fasos 2015 presidential and legislative elections described as the most competitive in the history of the country followed the collapse of the 27 year rule of blaise compaore. The au adopted the short term election observation methodology for this mission.

The elections were the first national elections in the country since the 2014 burkinabe uprising and the departure of president blaise compaore who had ruled burkina faso for 27 yearsthe party of former president compaore the congress for democracy and progress was banned from running a presidential candidate but was still. In line with the mandate conferred by the au instruments regulating democratic elections in africa the aueom has as main goal the independent impartial and objective assessment of the 29 november 2015 presidential and parliamentary elections in burkina faso.