National Assembly of Burkina Faso

{{Short description|Unicameral legislature of Burkina Faso}}

{{Infobox legislature

|name=National Assembly

|native_name=Assemblée nationale

|native_name_lang=fr

|legislature=7th National Assembly

|coa_pic=File:Coat of arms of Burkina Faso.svg

|house_type=Unicameral

|term_limits=

|foundation=

|preceded_by=

|seats=127

|leader1_type=President

|leader1=Vacant

|election1=24 January 2022

|party1=

|structure1=

|structure1_res=250px

|political_groups1=

|term_length=

|salary=

|voting_system1=Proportional representation

|first_election1=

|last_election1=22 November 2020

|next_election1=

|motto=

|session_room=File:Assemblee Nationale Burkina Faso.jpg

|meeting_place=Parliament Building, Ouagadougou

|website={{Official URL}}

|constitution=Constitution of Burkina Faso}}

{{Politics 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.{{cite web|last1=Kere|first1=Barthélemy|title=Constitution of Burkina Faso - WIPO (français)|url=http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/fr/bf/bf017fr.pdf|website=WIPO.int|publisher=WIPO|access-date=1 November 2014}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Coulibaly|first1=Nadoun|title=Burkina Faso : vers un référendum constitutionnel pour Blaise Compaoré?|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20141008125553/|access-date=1 November 2014|agency=Jeune Afrique|publisher=Groupe Jeune Afrique}}

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.{{cite news|last1=Taoko|first1=Herve|last2=Cowell|first2=Alan|last3=Callimachi|first3=Rukmini|title=Violent Protests Topple Government in Burkina Faso|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/world/africa/burkina-faso-protests-blaise-compaore.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0|access-date=30 October 2014|agency=New York Times|publisher=New York Times Company|date=30 October 2014}}

On 24 January 2022, during the January 2022 Burkinabé coup d'état, President Kaboré was detained and deposed by the military.{{Cite web|title=Burkina Faso army says it has deposed President Kabore|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/24/burkina-faso-army-says-it-has-deposed-president-kabore|access-date=24 January 2022|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}} After the announcement, the military declared that the parliament and government had been dissolved.{{Cite news|date=24 January 2022|title=Burkina Faso military says it has seized power|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60118993|access-date=24 January 2022}} In its place a transitional legislative assembly was sworn in on 22 March 2022.{{Cite news|date=22 March 2022|title=The transitional parliament in Burkina Faso works after the January coup|work=Infobae|url=https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/03/22/the-transitional-parliament-in-burkina-faso-works-after-the-january-coup/|access-date=5 October 2022}} It was also dissolved on 30 September after a coup d'état against interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.{{cite web|url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/10/01/burkina-fasos-military-leader-overthrown-in-countrys-2nd-coup-this-year/|title=Burkina Faso's Military Leader Overthrown in Country's 2nd Coup This Year|author=Philip Andrew Churm|work=Africanews|access-date=1 October 2022|date=5 September 2022}} A new transitional legislative assembly was sworn in on 11 November.{{cite web|url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/11/burkina-fasos-new-transitional-legislature-takes-office/|title=Burkina Faso's new transitional legislature takes office|work=Africanews|date=11 November 2022|access-date=13 January 2023}}