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African Independence Party Parti Africain de l'Indépendance
Founded	1963
Dissolved	1999
Succeeded by	African Independence Party (Touré) Party for Democracy and Socialism
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
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Politics of Burkina Faso


Constitution (suspended) Human rights
Government Interim President Ibrahim Traoré Interim Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla
Parliament National Assembly President: Alassane Bala Sakandé
Administrative divisions 13 regions 45 provinces 351 departments
Elections Recent elections General: 2015 2020 Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Olivia Rouamba Diplomatic missions of / in Burkina Faso Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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The African Independence Party (French: Parti Africain de l'Indépendance) was a communist party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), led by Philippe Ouédraogo.

It was founded as the Voltan Section of the African Independence Party (PAI) on 15 August 1963.^[1] In 1973, PAI launched the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) as its open mass front. LIPAD became an important movement during the revolution of 1983 and through LIPAD PAI took part in the Thomas Sankara government for one year. Then relations with Sankara soured and LIPAD was expelled from the government.

In the 1992 parliamentary elections, PAI was part of the pro-government Popular Front. PAI won two seats.

In 1999, the PAI split, and Soumane Touré formed a parallel PAI. The PAI led by Touré, which joined the government, obtained the legal recognition of the name PAI. The PAI led by Ouédraogo registered an electoral party, the Party for Democracy and Socialism, in 2002, in order to contest the elections on 5 May 2002. PDS won 1.7% of the popular vote and 2 out of 111 seats.

In 2005, Ouédraogo won 2.3% of the vote in the presidential elections. He was supported by the PAI, the PDS, the CDS, the GDP and the UFP.

PAI published L'Avant-Garde.

In 2012, the party merged into Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba.^[2]^[3]

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^ Bongnessan Arsène Yé. Burkina Faso, les fondements politiques de la IVe République. Presses universitaires de Ouagadougou, 1995. p. 126
^ l'Observateur. PDS/Metba : Une étoile verte dans le ciel politique burkinabè
^ Sidwaya. Le PDS/Metba convoite 50 députés Archived 19 February 2013 at archive.today

v t e Political parties in Burkina Faso
Parliamentary	People's Movement for Progress (55) Union for Progress and Reform (33) Congress for Democracy and Progress (18) Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (5) ADF–RDA (3) New Era for Democracy (3) National Rebirth Party (2) New Alliance of Faso (2) Alternative Faso (1) Organisation for Democracy and Labour (1) Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba (1) Rally for Democracy and Socialism (1) Union for a New Burkina (1) Movement for Democracy in Africa (1)
Unrepresented	National Union for Democracy and Development Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party Party of Independence, Labour and Justice Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina Social Forces Front Union for the Republic Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party
Defunct	African Independence Party African Independence Party (Touré) African Popular Movement African Regroupment Party Burkinabé Bolshevik Party Burkinabé Communist Group Burkinabé Socialist Bloc Burkinabé Socialist Party Citizen's Popular Rally Ecological Party for Progress Entente Fada N'Gourma Independent Party of Burkina Kaya Independent Party Marxist–Leninist Group Movement for Socialist Democracy Movement of Progressive Democrats National Convention for the Progress of Burkina National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party National Liberation Movement National Union for the Defence of Democracy National Union of Independents Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement Party for Democracy and Progress Party for Democracy and Rally Party for Democracy and Socialism Party of Independents Party of Labour of Burkina Patriotic League for Development Popular Action Grouping Rally for the Development of Burkina Rally of Social-Democrat Independents Republican Party for Liberty Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses Unified Democratic Party Union for Democracy and Social Progress Union of Burkinabé Communists Union of Communist Struggles Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame Union of Social Democrats Voltaic Communist Organization Voltaic Democratic Movement Voltaic Democratic Party Voltaic Labour Party Voltaic Progressive Front Voltaic Regroupment Movement Voltaic Union
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