National Revolutionary Movement for Development

National Revolutionary Movement for Development
Mouvement révolutionaire national pour le développement
PresidentJuvénal Habyarimana (1975–1994)
Théodore Sindikubwabo (1994)
Vice PresidentEduoard Karemera
FounderJuvénal Habyarimana
FoundedJuly 5, 1975
BannedJuly 15, 1994
Preceded byParmehutu
Succeeded byDemocratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
(not legal successor)
HeadquartersKigali, Rwanda
NewspaperKangura
RTLM (Radio)
Youth wingInterahamwe
IdeologyHutu Power
Totalitarianism[1]
Social conservatism[2]
Anti-communism[3]
Political positionFar-right
Colours  Black
Party flag
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Juvénal Habyarimana

President of Rwanda

1973–1994

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Battles/wars

The National Revolutionary Movement for Development (French: Mouvement révolutionnaire national pour le développement, MRND) was the ruling political party of Rwanda from 1975 to 1994 under President Juvénal Habyarimana, running with first Vice President Édouard Karemera. From 1978 to 1991, the MRND was the only legal political party in the country. It was dominated by Hutus, particularly from President Habyarimana's home region of Northern Rwanda. The elite group of MRND party members who were known to have influence on the President and his wife are known as the akazu.[4] In 1991, the party was renamed the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (French: Mouvement républicain national pour la démocratie et le développement, MRND or MRNDD).

Following the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the party was banned.

  1. ^ "Peasant Ideology and Genocide in Rwanda Under Habyarimana" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-30.
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  4. ^ Aspegren, Lennart (2006). Never again?: Rwanda and the World. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library. Vol. 26. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 173. ISBN 9004151818. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)