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Republican Movement (other)
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Republican Movement may refer to: * Australian Republican Movement * New Zealand Republic (formerly Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand) * British republican movement * Citizens for a Canadian Republic * Republican Movement (Colombia) * Republican Movement (Ireland) * Republican Movement (Mauritius) * Republican Democratic Movement, a political party in Rwanda * Senegalese Republican Movement * Republican Movement (Switzerland) * ''Movimiento Republicano'', the Venezuelan Republican Movement * Welsh Republican Movement See also * Republican (other) * Republicanism Republicanism is a political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic. Historically, it emphasises the idea of self-rule and ranges from the rule of a representative minority or oligarchy to popular sovereignty. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Republican Movement
The Australian Republic Movement (ARM) is a non-party-partisan organisation campaigning for Australia to become a republic. ARM and its supporters have promoted various models of a republic including parliamentary republic and it is, again, reviewing its preferred model. As of 2017, ARM operated staffed campaign offices in Sydney and Canberra, and has branches active in all states and territories. Australia’s current head of state Australia has a common head of state with all the other Commonwealth realm nations. Australia’s constitution provided that, in 1901, the then monarch of the United Kingdom also became the monarch of Australia. The nations and their governments are independent with only a personal union in the person of the monarch. The Australian monarch is generally understood to be the head of state, although regal functions are ordinarily performed by an appointed governor-general and state governors. Chairs History Foundation The ARM was founded on 7 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Republic
New Zealand Republic Inc. is an organisation formed in 1994 whose object is to support the creation of a New Zealand republic. The campaign chair is Lewis Holden, an Auckland political activist and businessman. The organisation is not aligned with any political party, its members and supporters are drawn from across the political spectrum. Aims and principles New Zealand Republic's constitution specifies the following aims and principles: * Involving all New Zealanders in the debate; * Providing relevant and reliable information; * Focusing on ideas, not personalities; * Winning a referendum to establish the republic; Creating a republic does not require a codified constitution or any change to the Treaty of Waitangi, Flag of New Zealand or Commonwealth membership. History The organisation was formed in March 1994 and incorporated in February 1995, following National Party Prime Minister Jim Bolger's call for New Zealand to become a republic. Its membership was drawn from m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Republican Movement
Republicanism in the United Kingdom is the political movement that seeks to replace the United Kingdom's monarchy with a republic. Supporters of the movement, called republicans, support alternative forms of governance to a monarchy, such as an elected head of state. Monarchy has been the form of government used in the countries that now make up the United Kingdom almost exclusively since the Middle Ages. A republican government existed in England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, in the mid-17th century as a result of the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War. The Commonwealth of England, as the period was called, lasted from the execution of Charles I in 1649 until the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Context In Britain, republican sentiment has largely focused on the abolition of the British monarch, rather than the dissolution of the British Union or independence for its constituent countries. In Northern Ireland, the term "republican" is usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizens For A Canadian Republic
Citizens for a Canadian Republic (French language, French: ''Citoyens pour une République Canadienne'') (CCR) is a Canadian advocacy group founded in 2002 that advocates for the replacement of the Monarchy of Canada, Canadian monarchy with a head of state who could either be chosen directly through a general election, indirectly by the Parliament of Canada, the Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories, or some other electoral body. CCR favours the retention of the Westminster system, Westminster-style parliament, with the prime minister as head of government, in a parliamentary republic similar to Republic of Ireland, Ireland or India. It does not endorse any particular selection process, other than it should be democratic. The organization's general objective is "to promote replacing the British monarch as our head of state with a resident, democratically-selected Canadian. " History Founding Citizens for a Canadian Republic was formed in 2002 "in an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Movement (Colombia)
The Republican Movement (''Movimiento Republicano'') is a political party in Colombia. At the last legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ..., 10 March 2002, the party won as one of the many small parties parliamentary representation. Political parties in Colombia {{Colombia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Movement (Ireland)
The republican movement refers to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and other political, social and paramilitary organisations and movements associated with it. It can refer to: *Republican Movement, which consisted of the IRA and Sinn Féin prior to 1969. *Provisional Republican Movement or simply Republican Movement, which consisted of the Provisional IRA, Provisional Sinn Féin and other associated organisations.'No Irish model for Palestinians' Henry McDonald, , 26 January 2006 *Official Republican Movement, which consisted of the |
Republican Movement (Mauritius)
The Republican Movement () is a political party in Mauritius. History The Mouvement Républicain (MR) party was founded by barrister and politician Rama Valayden on 23 August 1996 after he had distanced himself from the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD). Soon after MR made headlines for protesting against the extensive deforestation on the island of Mauritius and demanded swift action from the government to prevent a worsening of the crisis. Subsequently by October 2009 the main elements of MR had merged with the PMSD. Electoral success At the legislative elections of 11 September 2000, the party was part of a coalition of the Militant Socialist Movement and the Mauritian Militant Movement, that won 51.7% and 58 out of 70 seats. In the 2005 elections, 3 July 2005, the party was part of the Alliance Sociale Alliance Sociale was a left-wing political coalition in Mauritius. It consisted of the Mauritian Labour Party, Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval, The Greens, Rep ... [...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] |
Senegalese Republican Movement
Senegalese Republican Movement (in French: ''Mouvement Republicain Sénégalais'') was a political party in Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ..., founded on July 3, 1977. MRS was led by Boabacar Gueye, who served as its general secretary. MRS was legally recognized on February 2, 1979. MRS was then the fourth legal party in the country. MRS worked for a free market economy and a society based on Islamic values. Source: Zuccarelli, François. ''La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988)''. Paris: CHEAM, 1988. {{Senegal-party-stub Political parties established in 1977 Political parties in Senegal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Movement (Switzerland)
The Republican Movement (french: Mouvement républicain; german: Republikanische Bewegung) was a political party in Switzerland between 1971 and 1989. History The party was formed by James Schwarzenbach as a breakaway from the National Action against the Infiltration of People and Homeland party in 1971. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1899 Swiss Democrats (SD) Political Year It received 4.3% of the vote in the elections that year,Nohlen & Stöver, p1950 winning seven seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1954 However, in the 1975 elections< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Movement (Venezuela)
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Republican Movement may refer to: * Australian Republican Movement * New Zealand Republic (formerly Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand) * British republican movement * Citizens for a Canadian Republic * Republican Movement (Colombia) * Republican Movement (Ireland) * Republican Movement (Mauritius) * Republican Democratic Movement, a political party in Rwanda * Senegalese Republican Movement * Republican Movement (Switzerland) * ''Movimiento Republicano'', the Venezuelan Republican Movement * Welsh Republican Movement See also * Republican (other) * Republicanism Republicanism is a political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic. Historically, it emphasises the idea of self-rule and ranges from the rule of a representative minority or oligarchy to popular sovereignty. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Republican Movement
The Welsh Republican Movement ( cy, Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru) was a Welsh nationalist political party. It was founded in 1949 as a split from Plaid Cymru. The group, some of whom had previously been members of the Labour Party aimed to build a base in industrial south east Wales by focusing on socialism and republicanism rather than on rural affairs, pacifism and the Welsh language. In 1950, the group began publishing a newspaper, ''The Welsh Republican - Y Gweriniaethwr''. It stood Ithel Davies in Ogmore in the 1950 general election, and took 1.3% of the vote. Some members of the party were arrested for burning the Union Jack, and it faced accusations of initiating violence. They also conceived a Welsh republican flag, a tricolor with green, red and white bands. By the mid-1950s, most members of the Movement had either returned to Plaid Cymru or joined the Labour Party, and its newspaper ceased publication in 1957. However, F. W. S. Craig believed that it remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
