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.
Active parties Parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies Party Abbr. Leader Political position Ideology Chamber seats RPFCoalition Rwandan Patriotic Front RPF–InkotanyiFPR–Inkotanyi Paul Kagame Big tent Centrist Democratic Party CDPPDC Agnes Mukabaranga Centre-right Christian democracy Party for Progress and Concord PPC Alivera Mukabaramba Democratic Union of the Rwandan People UDPR Social Democratic Party PSD Vincent Biruta Centre-left Social democracy Liberal Party PL Prosper Higiro Centre Liberalism Ideal Democratic Party IDPPDI Mussa Fazil Harerimana Islamic democracy Social Party Imberakuri PS–Imberakuri Bernard Ntaganda Centre-left Social democracy Democratic Green Party of Rwanda PVDR Frank Habineza Centre tocentre-left
Illegal parties Flag Party Abbr. Leader Politicalposition IdeologyDemocratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda FDLR Callixte Mbarushimana Right-wingto far-right Hutu Power United Democratic Forces of Rwanda UDF-Inkigi Pierre Celestin Rwarinda Centre tocentre-left Liberal DemocracyEgalitarianismGreen PoliticsAnti-RacismAnti-FascismAnti-AuthoritarianismAnti-KagameDecentralizationRepublican Democratic Movement MDR Right-wingto far-right Hutu interestsHutu PowerRwanda National Congress RNC Faustin Rukundo Centre Anti-Kagame
Former parties National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development Coalition for the Defence of the Republic Rwandese National Union
See also Politics of Rwanda List of political parties by country
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