Burkina Faso

About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name

Parlement (Parliament)

Chamber name

Assemblée législative de la transition (Transitional Legislative Assembly)

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Structure & status of parliament

This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.

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Lower chamber

Parliamentary term (years)

Length of the parliamentary term in years

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-

Notes:

Transitional period

The Transitional Charter, adopted in October 2022, provided for a 21-month transitional period from October 2022 (i.e., until July 2024). The amended Transitional Charter, adopted at a national forum in May 2024, extends the transitional period by 60 months as of 2 July 2024 (i.e., until July 2029).

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Transitional status

Parliament is in a transitional status, pending the establishment of a new full-fledged parliament.

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Yes

IPU membership

Affiliation periods

from 1972 to 1973
from 1979 to 1980
from 1993

IPU Geopolitical Group/s

IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.

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African Group

Speaker

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Official title

The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.

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President of the Transitional Legislative Assembly

Speaker

Ousmane Bougouma (Male)
Date of birth: 31 Dec 1981

Term

Start (and end) of the term of the Speaker

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11 Nov 2022

Additional information

Elected on 11 Nov. 2022.

Speaker terms

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Secretary general

Official title

This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.

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Secretary General

Secretary General

Valérie Simporé Soubeiga (Female)

Term

Start (and end) of the term of the Secretary general

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24 Aug 2022

Notes

Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.

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Appointed on 24 Aug. 2022.

Members

Statutory number of members

Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.

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71

Notes:

Members are designated by the following persons/groups, as foreseen by the Transitional Charter promulgated in October 2022, and their credentials are validated by a commission of inquiry and deliberation.

• Head of State: 20

• Prominent regional stakeholders (one person per region): 13

• Political parties: 12

• Security and defence forces: 16

• Civil society organizations: 10

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Principal mode of designation of members

Other

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Other members

For example, ex-officio members of parliament, such as Cabinet members, members of the royal family, Attorney General, Speaker if appointed from outside parliament.

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71

Current number of members

Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.

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71

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Men

The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.

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58

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Women

The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.

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13

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Percentage of women

Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.

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18.3%

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Statutory number of members per country

As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.

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71

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Population (in thousands)

Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.

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23,026

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Inhabitants per parliamentarian

Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.

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324,310

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Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Average age of all members

Average age of members, for which data is available, at the time of the last election or renewal.

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46.0

(2022-11)

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Youngest member

Séphorah Anita Soumai Traoré (Female)

Youngest member (years)

Age is calculated at the time the member was elected/appointed to a new legislature. Data is not updated during the legislature unless the member is no longer a member.

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25

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Oldest member

Boureima Traoré (Male)

Oldest member (years)

Age is calculated at the time the member was elected/appointed to a new legislature. Data is not updated during the legislature unless the member is no longer a member.

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72

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Number of members, by age (2022-11)

Members for whom data is available

Number of members, at the start of the legislature, for whom age data is available

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71

(2022-11)

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups

Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.

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Yes

Sources: Transitional Charter (modified 25 May 2024), art. 15

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Women

2

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Youth

Reserved seats for youth in parliament

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2

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Persons with disabilities

2

Notes: Two seats are reserved for persons with disabilities out of the 10 members representing civil society organizations.

Sources: Transitional Charter (modified 25 May 2024), art. 15

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Other groups

31

Notes:

1 internally displaced person
16 from the Defence and Security Forces
10 from civil society
2 from the private sector
2 from the agricultural sector

Electoral quota for women

Quotas to promote gender-balanced representation in parliament

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Yes

Notes:

The law regarding quotas and procedures for the positioning of candidates (LOI N°003-2020/AN du 22 janvier 2020) aims to ensure a minimum of 30% of candidates of both sexes in the list of candidates of every political party, coalition, or independent group competing in an electoral constituency.

In legislative and municipal lists of candidates, the sex of candidates must alternate at least for the first two thirds of all candidates. Female and male candidates and alternates must alternate in their respective lists of candidates and lists of alternates. The head of a list of candidates and a list of alternates cannot be of the same sex.

Political parties, group of political parties, or group of independents that comply with these provisions benefit from a 20% increase in public funding for electoral campaigning.

Sources:

https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas-database/country?country=36

Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 of the Law establishing quotas and procedures for the positioning of candidates in legislative and municipal elections in Burkina Faso (LOI N°003-2020/AN portant fixation de quota et modalités de positionnement des candidates et candidats aux élections législatives et municipales au Burkina Faso).

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Youth quota

Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.

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No

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Links to additional information

Parliamentary website

Link(s) to parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local languages.

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https://www.assembleenationale.bf/

List of members

Link(s) to list of members on the parliamentary web site.

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https://www.assembleenationale.bf/depute/depute

Rules of procedure/Standing Orders

Link(s) to Rules of procedure on the parliamentary web site in English, French and/or local language.

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Rules of Procedure of the Transitional Legislative Assembly, text updated as of November 2024

Constitution

Official links to the Constitution in English, French and/or original language is provided. Links to unofficial translations where no other source is available.

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Transitional Charter (amended on May 25, 2024)

1991 Constitution of Burkina Faso (with Amendments through 2015)