Parmehutu

Hutu Emancipation Movement Party
Parti du Mouvement de l'Emancipation Hutu
AbbreviationParmehutu
FounderGrégoire Kayibanda
FoundedJune 1957 (1957-06)
DissolvedJuly 1973 (1973-08)
Succeeded byNational Revolutionary Movement for Development (1975)
HeadquartersKigali, Rwanda
IdeologyAnti-monarchism
Anti-communism
Hutu Power[1]
Political positionFar-right[2]

The Hutu Emancipation Movement Party (French: Parti du Mouvement de l'Emancipation Hutu, Parmehutu), also known as the Republican Democratic Movement – Parmehutu (Mouvement démocratique républicain – Parmehutu, MDR-Parmehutu), was a political party in Rwanda. The movement emphasised the right of the majority ethnicity to rule and asserted the supremacy of Hutus over Tutsis. It was the most important party of the "Hutu Revolution" of 1959–61 that led to Rwanda becoming an independent republic and Hutus superseding Tutsis as the ruling group.[1]

  1. ^ a b Niesen, Peter (2013). Political party bans in Rwanda 1994–2003: three narratives of justification. Routledge. p. 113. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ http://tesi.luiss.it/24464/1/081612_ZANETTA%20BRANDONI_VERONI.pdf [bare URL PDF]