Movement for Socialist Democracy

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.

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
Politics of Burkina Faso Political parties Elections

The MDS was led by Jean-Marc Palm and Idrissa Zampaligre.