The Association for Social Promotion of the Masses (french: Association pour la promotion sociale de la masse, APROSOMA) was a political party in

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History

The party was established on 15 February 1959 by Joseph Gitera alongside friends and former schoolmates. Although it initially promoted social improvement for both Hutu and Tutsi, it later became an anti-Tutsi party. APROSOMA contested the pre-independence

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in 1961, receiving 3.6% of the vote and winning two seats. In 1965 the country became a

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under MDR-Parmehutu.History
Embassy of Rwanda to the United Kingdom

References

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