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Party For Progress And Concord
The Party for Progress and Concord (, PPC) is a political party in Rwanda. The party's motto is: 'Development; Concord; Rwanda's Welfare'. History The party was established in 2003 after the banning of the Republican Democratic Movement.Arthur S Banks, Thomas C Miller, William R Overstreet & Judith F Isacoff (2009) ''Political Handbook of the World 2009'', CQ Press, p1125 In the 2003 parliamentary elections the party received 2% of the vote, failing to win a seat. Prior to the 2008 parliamentary elections the party joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led coalition, and won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies. It nominated Alvera Mukabaramba Alvera Mukabaramba, is a pediatrician and politician in Rwanda, who has been the Minister of State for Local Government Responsible for Social Affairs in the Cabinet of Rwanda, since 10 October 2011. Background and education She was born in R ... as its candidate for the 2010 presidential elections; she finished fourth out of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwandan Parliamentary Election, 2008
Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda from 15 to 18 September 2008. The elections were boycotted by the opposition,Rwanda votes in election without opposition Mail & Guardian, 15 September 2008. and resulted in a victory for the ruling (FPR), which won 42 of the 53 elected seats. The elections also produced the world's first national parliament with a female majority. Electoral system The 80 members of the consisted ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Rwanda
This article lists political parties in Rwanda. Rwanda is a dominant-party system, 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 Parties without representation in the Chamber of Deputies *Rwandan Socialist Party Former parties *National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development *Coalition for the Defence of the Republic *Rwandese National Union Illegal parties *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 par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwandan Parliamentary Election, 2013
Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda between 16 and 18 September 2013. The result was a victory for the Rwandan Patriotic Front, which maintained its absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 41 of the 80 seats. Electoral system Of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, 53 were directly elected by closed list proportional representation with an electoral threshold of 5%. A further 27 seats were indirectly elected by local and national councils, including 24 reserved for women, two for representatives of youth and one for representatives of handicapped.Rwandans vote in parliamentary elections Al Jazeera, 16 September 2013 Conduct In the weekend preceding the election, on 13 and 14 September, two grenades exploded in a Kigali market. The Rwandan go ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwandan Presidential Election, 2010
Presidential elections were held in Rwanda on 2010, the second since the Rwandan Civil War. Incumbent President Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) was re-elected for a second seven-year term with 93% of the vote. Background Paul Kagame, leader of the RPF, had been President since 2000 and de facto leader since 1994, following his forces' victory over the interim government at the end of the Rwandan Genocide. A new constitution was approved by a referendum in 2003, mandating a seven-year presidential term of office. Presidential elections were held shortly after the referendum and the promulgation of the constitution, which were won by Kagame. Having served one term, Kagame was entitled to serve for one further term and sought re-election in 2010. During Kagame's first term, Rwanda experienced high growth rates and a rise in infrastructure and international investment and tourism. However, he was criticised by some opposition figures and human rights groups for su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvera Mukabaramba
Alvera Mukabaramba, is a pediatrician and politician in Rwanda, who has been the Minister of State for Local Government Responsible for Social Affairs in the Cabinet of Rwanda, since 10 October 2011. Background and education She was born in Rwanda on 1 March 1960. She studied at the First Pavlov State Medical University, in St.Petersburg, Russia, graduating with a medical degree. She specialized in pediatrics, and the university awarded her a Doctor of Philosophy in the subject. Career Alvera Mukabaramba's political career began in 1999, when she became a member of the National Transitional Assembly, serving in that capacity until 2003. From 2003 until October 2011, she was a Senator in Rwanda's bicameral parliament. Then on 10 October 211, she was appointed State Minister for Social Affairs and Community Development in the Ministry of Local Government, replacing the late Christine Nyatanyi, who died in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium. Since then, she has been retained in the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Of Deputies (Rwanda)
The Chamber of Deputies ( rw, Umutwe w'Abadepite; french: Chambre des Députés) is the lower house of the bicameral national legislature of Rwanda. It was created under the new Constitution adopted by referendum in 2003. Composition The Chamber is made up of 80 deputies. Of these, 53 are elected for five-years term by proportional representation and 24 are elected by provincial councils; of the remainder, two are appointed by the National Youth Council, and one by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled. Election results Deputies elected to serve from 2018 to 2023 are as follows: See also * List of speakers of the Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda * Senate of Rwanda, the upper house of the legislature References External links Chamber of Deputies {{Authority control Parliament of Rwanda Government of Rwanda Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwandan Patriotic Front
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF–Inkotanyi, french: Front patriotique rwandais, FPR) is the ruling political party in Rwanda. Led by President Paul Kagame, the party has governed the country since its armed wing defeated government forces, winning the Rwandan Civil War in 1994. Since 1994, the party has ruled Rwanda using tactics which have been characterised as authoritarian. Elections are manipulated in various ways, which include banning opposition parties, arresting or assassinating critics, and electoral fraud. History Rwandese Alliance for National Unity Following the overthrow of Idi Amin in 1979, the Tutsi refugee intelligentsia in Uganda set up the region's first political refugee organization, the Rwandese Alliance for National Unity (RANU), to discuss a possible return to Rwanda. Though primarily a forum for intellectual discussion, it became militant after Milton Obote's election of 1980 resulted in many Tutsi refugees joining Yoweri Museveni in fighting the Ugan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwandan Parliamentary Election, 2003
Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda between 29 September and 2 October 2003. They were the first parliamentary elections since 1988 and the second multi-party national elections in the country's history. They were held following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in August 2003. The result was a victory for the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led coalition, which won 40 of the 53 elected seats in the new Chamber of Deputies, and eighteen of the 27 reserved for women, youth and the handicapped.Rwanda: Elections held in 2003 Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was 96.5%. Electoral system The 80 members of the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Marara
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Democratic Movement
The Republican Democratic Movement (french: Mouvement démocratique républicain, MDR) was a political party in Rwanda. History The party was established in 1991,Profiles: Kagame's opponents BBC News, 22 August 2003 after the (MRND) lost its monopoly on politics and opposition parties were legalised. The MDR took its name from MDR-Parmehutu, the ruling party in the early 1960s. Like Parmehutu, the MDR's primary base of political support was Hutus in the centre of the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is highly elevated, giving it the soubriquet "land of a thousand hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. Rwanda has a population of over 12.6 million living on of land, and is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the fifth most densely populated country in the world. One million people live in the Capital city, capital and largest city Kigali. Hunter-gatherers settled the territory in the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
