National Assembly of Burkina Faso

National Assembly

Assemblée nationale
National Assembly ; Assemblée nationale
7th National Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	Vacant ; since 24 January 2022
Seats	127
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	22 November 2020
Meeting place
	Parliament Building, Ouagadougou
Website
	www.assembleenationale.bf
Constitution
	Constitution of Burkina Faso

The unicameral National Assembly is the legislative body of Burkina Faso. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral parliament, but the upper house (Chamber of Representatives) was abolished in 2002. The upper house was to have been restored under the name "Senate" in the June 2012 constitutional amendments.^[1] This revision was never executed due to an extended and unresolved political confrontation over the Senate's establishment, which left the country effectively with a unicameral legislature as of the October 2014 constitutional crisis.^[2]

On 30 October 2014, as part of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, protesters stormed the parliament building and set fire to it, in anger at the parliament's decision to amend the Constitution of Burkina Faso to abolish term limits, which would have effectively paved the way for President Blaise Compaoré to remain in office for another five-year term.^[3]

On 24 January 2022, during the January 2022 Burkinabé coup d'état, President Kaboré was detained and deposed by the military.^[4] After the announcement, the military declared that the parliament and government had been dissolved.^[5] In its place a transitional legislative assembly was sworn in on 22 March 2022.^[6] It was also dissolved on 30 September after a coup d'état against interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.^[7] A new transitional legislative assembly was sworn in on 11 November.^[8]

^ Kere, Barthélemy. "Constitution of Burkina Faso - WIPO (français)" (PDF). WIPO.int. WIPO. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ Coulibaly, Nadoun. "Burkina Faso : vers un référendum constitutionnel pour Blaise Compaoré?". Groupe Jeune Afrique. Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ Taoko, Herve; Cowell, Alan; Callimachi, Rukmini (30 October 2014). "Violent Protests Topple Government in Burkina Faso". New York Times Company. New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
^ "Burkina Faso army says it has deposed President Kabore". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Burkina Faso military says it has seized power". BBC News. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "The transitional parliament in Burkina Faso works after the January coup". Infobae. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ Philip Andrew Churm (5 September 2022). "Burkina Faso's Military Leader Overthrown in Country's 2nd Coup This Year". Africanews. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
^ "Burkina Faso's new transitional legislature takes office". Africanews. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[1] Kere, Barthélemy. "Constitution of Burkina Faso - WIPO (français)" (PDF). WIPO.int. WIPO. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[2] Coulibaly, Nadoun. "Burkina Faso : vers un référendum constitutionnel pour Blaise Compaoré?". Groupe Jeune Afrique. Jeune Afrique. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[3] Taoko, Herve; Cowell, Alan; Callimachi, Rukmini (30 October 2014). "Violent Protests Topple Government in Burkina Faso". New York Times Company. New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2014.

[4] "Burkina Faso army says it has deposed President Kabore". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[:12-5] "Burkina Faso military says it has seized power". BBC News. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[6] "The transitional parliament in Burkina Faso works after the January coup". Infobae. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[7] Philip Andrew Churm (5 September 2022). "Burkina Faso's Military Leader Overthrown in Country's 2nd Coup This Year". Africanews. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[8] "Burkina Faso's new transitional legislature takes office". Africanews. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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