Movement for Socialist Democracy
Movement for Socialist Democracy | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Jean-Marc Palm and Idrissa Zampaligre |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Split from | Burkinabè Communist Group |
| Succeeded by | Congress for Democracy and Progress |
| Ideology | Marxism Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
Movement for Socialist Democracy (in French: Mouvement pour la Démocratie Socialiste) was a political party in Burkina Faso. The MDS surged when the Burkinabè Communist Group split in April 1989. In March 1991 it took the name MDS. It became a founding organization of the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress in February 1996.
The MDS was led by Jean-Marc Palm and Idrissa Zampaligre.