National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development

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The National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development was the ruling Hutu-dominated political party in Rwanda whose extremist elements played a central role in organizing and inciting the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rwandan political party ⓘ
militia ⓘ
political party ⓘ
accusedOf crimes against humanity ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
affiliation National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ⓘ
alternativeName MRND ⓘ
Mouvement républicain national pour la démocratie et le développement ⓘ
bannedIn Rwanda ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Rwanda ⓘ
ethnicDominance Hutu ⓘ
ethnicOrientation pro-Hutu ⓘ
ethnicPolicy discrimination against Tutsi ⓘ
foundedInCountry Rwanda ⓘ
governanceStyle authoritarian ⓘ
governedDuring period leading up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
hasWing Interahamwe ⓘ
historicalSignificance key actor in the Rwandan genocide ⓘ
ideology Hutu Power ⓘ
Hutu nationalism ⓘ
ethnic nationalism ⓘ
involvedIn mass atrocities during the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
notableCrime organization of mass killings of Tutsi in 1994 ⓘ
notableEventPeriod 1994 ⓘ
notableFor leading role in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ⓘ
notableIdeologyComponent Hutu Power ⓘ
opposedGroup Tutsi population of Rwanda ⓘ
moderate Hutu politicians ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
politicalStatus former ruling party of Rwanda ⓘ
politicalSystemContext one-party dominance prior to the 1994 genocide ⓘ
reasonForBan role in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
roleInEvent central organizer of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ⓘ
inciter of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ⓘ
perpetrator organization in the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
scopeOfActivity national politics of Rwanda ⓘ
targetOfViolence Tutsi ⓘ
moderate Hutu ⓘ
timeAsRulingParty early 1990s ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
typeOfOrganization mass political organization ⓘ
usedInstrument party militia ⓘ
state apparatus for persecution ⓘ
usedPropaganda hate media against Tutsi ⓘ

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Interahamwe militias → politicalAffiliation → National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ⓘ
Juvénal Habyarimana → politicalParty → National Revolutionary Movement for Development ⓘ
linked to: National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
Interahamwe → affiliation → National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ⓘ
National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development → alternativeName → Mouvement républicain national pour la démocratie et le développement ⓘ
linked to: National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development