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