Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration

Military junta governing Burkino Faso since the 2022 coup d'etat

Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration
Mouvement patriotique pour la sauvegarde et la restauration

Overview
Established	24 January 2022 (2022-01-24)
State	Burkina Faso
Leader	President (Ibrahim Traoré)
Headquarters	Ouagadougou

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 Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (PMSR)^[1] has been the ruling military junta of Burkina Faso since the January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état.^[2] Originally it was led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, but he was overthrown by dissatisfied junta members during the September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état. In his place, Capt. Ibrahim Traoré was installed as the leading figure.^[3]^[4] Aside of Traoré and Sorgho (the group's official spokesperson), other MPSR members are not known to the public.^[5]

Identified members

^ Dionne, Anthony; Epton, Victoria; et al. (13 March 2022). "Burkina Faso - Conflict Diagnostic" (PDF). Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (CIFP). Carleton University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 February 2024.
^ "Burkina Faso military says it has seized power". BBC News. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ Thiam Ndiaga; Anne Mimault (30 September 2022). "Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government". Reuters. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Burkina : Ibrahim Traoré proclamé président, Damiba destitué". Jeune Afrique (in French). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Burkina/Composition du MPSR : Le Front patriotique estime que l'Etat est aux mains d'une " organisation secrète "". lefaso.net (in French). 4 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ "Capitaine Farouk Sorgho : " Nous sommes très unis au sein du MPSR "". Faso7 (in French). 15 September 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Burkina Faso : La galaxie Traoré". RFI (in French). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.