List of political parties in Rwanda

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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

• Social Party Imberakuri (Parti Social Imberakuri)
• Rwandan Patriotic Front (Front patriotique rwandais)
• Christian Democratic Party (Parti démocratique chrêtien)
• Islamic Democratic Party (Parti démocratique islamique)
• Rwandan Socialist Party (Parti socialiste rwandais)
• Democratic Union of the Rwandan People (Union démocratique du Peuple rwandais)
• Social Democratic Party (Parti social démocrate)
• Liberal Party (Parti libéral)
• Party for Progress and Concord (Parti pour le Progrès et la Concorde)
• Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (Parti Democratique Vert du Rwanda) – publicly launched on 14 August 2009; registration pending

Former

• Union Nationale Rwandaise

Illegal

• 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
• Democratic Republican Movement (Mouvement démocratique républicain)

See also

• Politics of Rwanda
• List of political parties by country