![]() ![]() Highest Court(s): Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (consists of NA judges) Council of State (consists of NA judges) Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel (consists of the council president and 9 members) Residency Requirement for Naturalization: 10 yearsĬivil law based on the French model and customary lawĭescription: unicameral National Assembly (127 seats members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)Įlections: last held on 29 November 2015 (next to be held in November 2020)Įlection Results: percent of vote by party - NA seats by party - MPP 55, UPC 33, CDP 18, Union for Rebirth-Sankarist Party 5, ADF/RDA 3, NTD 3, other 10 composition - men 115, women 12, percent of women 9.4% Head of Government: Prime Minister Christophe DABIRE (since 24 January 2019)Ĭabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime ministerĮlections/Appointments: president elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second) election last held on 29 November 2015 (next to be held November 2020) prime minister appointed by the president with the consent of the National AssemblyĮlection Results: Roch Marc Christian KABORE elected president in the first round percent of the vote - Roch Marc Christian KABORE (MPP) 53.5%, Zephirin DIABRE (UPC) 29.6%, Tahirou BARRY (PAREN) 3.1%, Benewende Stanislas SANKARA (UNIR-MS) 2.8%, other 10.9%Ĭitizenship by Descent Only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Burkina Faso History: several previous latest approved by referendum 2 June 1991, adopted 11 June 1991, temporarily suspended late October to mid-November 2014Īmendments: proposed by the president, by a majority of National Assembly membership, or by petition of at least 30,000 eligible voters submitted to the Assembly passage requires at least three-fourths majority vote in the Assembly failure to meet that threshold requires majority voter approval in a referendum constitutional provisions on the form of government, the multiparty system, and national sovereignty cannot be amended amended several times, last in 2012Ĭhief of State: President Roch Marc Christian KABORE (since 29 December 2015) Republic Day, 11 December (1958) note - commemorates the day that Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community ![]() UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) The name translates as "Land of the Honest (Incorruptible) Men" ![]()
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