List of political parties in Rwanda
This article lists political parties in Rwanda. Rwanda is a one-party-dominant state with the Rwandan Patriotic Front in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Active parties[]
Parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies[]
Party | Abbr. | Leader | Political position | Ideology | Chamber seats | |||
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RPF Coalition |
Rwandan Patriotic Front Ishyaka FPR-Inkotanyi Front patriotique rwandais |
RPF–Inkotanyi FPR–Inkotanyi |
Paul Kagame | Big tent | Rwandan nationalism Right-wing populism Authoritarianism Economic liberalism |
36 / 80
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Centrist Democratic Party Ishyaka Riraranira Demokrasi Ihuza Abanyarwanda Parti démocrate centriste |
CDP PDC |
Agnes Mukabaranga | Centre-right | Christian democracy | 1 / 80
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Ideal Democratic Party Ishyaka Ntangarugero Muri Demokrasi Parti démocratique idéal |
IDP PDI |
Islamic democracy | 1 / 80
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Party for Progress and Concord Ishyaka ry’Iterambere n'Ubusabane Parti pour le progrès et la concorde |
PPC | 1 / 80
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Democratic Union of the Rwandan People Union démocratique du peuple rwandais |
UDPR | 1 / 80
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Social Democratic Party Ishiyaka Riharanira Demokrasi n'Imibereho Myiza y’Abaturage Parti social démocrate |
PSD | Vincent Biruta | Centre-left | Social democracy | 5 / 80
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Liberal Party Ishyaka ry’Ukwishyira Ukizana Parti libéral |
PL | Prosper Higiro | Centre | Liberalism | 4 / 80
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Social Party Imberakuri Ishyaka ry’Imberakuri Riharanira Imibereho Myiza Parti social imberakuri |
PS–Imberakuri | Bernard Ntaganda | 2 / 80
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Democratic Green Party of Rwanda Ishyaka Riharanira Demokarasi no Kurengera Ibidukikije Parti vert démocratique du Rwanda |
PVDR | Frank Habineza | Green politics Liberal democracy Monarchism[dubious ] |
2 / 80
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Parties without represntation in the Chamber of Deputies[]
Former parties[]
- National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
- Coalition for the Defence of the Republic
- Rwandese National Union
Illegal parties[]
- Rwandese Protocol to Return the Kingdom (led by )
- Coalition of Democratic Forces (led by )
- Party for Democratic Renewal (led by former president Pasteur Bizimungu)
- Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
- Republican Democratic Movement
- Rwanda National Congress (led by Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa)
See also[]
- Politics of Rwanda
- List of political parties by country
References[]
Categories:
- Lists of political parties by country
- Political parties in Rwanda
- Rwanda politics-related lists
- Lists of organisations based in Rwanda
- Lists of political parties in Africa