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.

The parties

Coalition

• Rwandan Patriotic Front
• Centrist Democratic Party
• Ideal Democratic Party
• Party for Progress and Concord
• Rwandan Socialist Party

Opposition

• Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
• Democratic Union of the Rwandan People
• Liberal Party
• Social Democratic Party
• Social Party Imberakuri

Former

• National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
• Coalition for the Defence of the Republic
• Rwandese National Union

Illegal

• Rwandese Protocol to Return the Kingdom (led by Eugene Nkubito)
• Coalition of Democratic Forces (led by John Kanyamanza)
• 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)
• Movement for Democratic Change in Rwanda

See also

• Politics of Rwanda
• List of political parties by country

References