People's Movement for Progress

{{short description|Political party in Burkina Faso}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = People's Movement for Progress

| native_name = Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès

| native_name_lang = fr

| abbreviation = MPP

| logo = Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès logo.png

| leader = Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (detained under house arrest since January 2022){{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/31/burkina-faso-restores-constitution-names-coup-leader-president|title=Burkina Faso restores constitution, names coup leader president|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=31 January 2022|accessdate=5 February 2022}}

| chairman =

| president = Alassane Bala Sakandé

| secretary =

| spokesperson =

| foundation = {{Start date|2014|01|25|df=y}}

| split = Congress for Democracy and Progress

| ideology = Social democracy
Progressivism

| position = Centre-left

| headquarters =

| international = Progressive Alliance
Socialist International

| website = {{URL|mpp-burkina.org}}

| colorcode = {{party color|People's Movement for Progress}}

| country = Burkina Faso

}}

The People's Movement for Progress ({{langx|fr|Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès}}, MPP){{Cite web |title=Roch Marc Christian Kaboré à la tête d’un nouveau parti d’opposition - Jeune Afrique.com |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/165980/politique/roch-marc-christian-kabor-la-t-te-d-un-nouveau-parti-d-opposition/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |title=Blaise wants compromise |url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/index.aspx?pageid=21&articleid=5215 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.africa-confidential.com |language=en}} is a political party in Burkina Faso that was founded on 25 January 2014 by former Congress for Democracy and Progress member Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Kaboré ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 general election and was elected in the first round of voting; the MPP also won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly of Burkina Faso. It is a full member of the Progressive Alliance and Socialist International.{{cite web|url=https://progressive-alliance.info/network/parties-and-organisations/|title=Parties and Organizations|website=progressive-alliance.info|publisher=Progressive Alliance|access-date=11 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.socialistinternational.org/news/statements/si-member-parties-in-government-333/|title=SI Member Parties in Government|website=www.socialistinternational.org|publisher=Socialist International|date=18 March 2019|access-date=9 June 2019}} On January 24, 2022, Kaboré was deposed as Burkina Faso President and arrested following a military coup.{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/24/burkina-faso-president-kabore-detained-by-mutinous-soldiers|title=Burkina Faso President Kabore 'detained' by mutinous soldiers|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=24 January 2022|accessdate=5 February 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220124-burkina-faso-president-arrested-by-mutinous-soldiers-security-sources|title=Burkina Faso president arrested by mutinous soldiers: security sources|author=AFP|publisher=France 24|date=24 January 2022|accessdate=5 February 2022}}