Union Nationale Rwandaise

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Union Nationale Rwandaise (UNAR, English: Rwanda National Union) is a now-defunct political party in Rwanda.

UNAR was founded 3 September 1959^[1] by Prosper Bwanakweli, and strongly supported by Mwami Kigeri V of Rwanda. At the time, Rwanda was still under Belgian administration, and UNAR was the leading monarchist party. It called for immediate independence under a hereditary (Tutsi) constitutional monarchy.^[2]

UNAR won 16.8% of the vote in the 1961 election.

References

^ Kaarsholm, Preben (2006). Violence, political culture & development in Africa. James Currey Publishers. pp. 81. ISBN 0852558945. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G-pVrSSxU7IC&pg=PA81.
^ Osabu-Kle, Daniel Tetteh (2000). Compatible cultural democracy: the key to development in Africa. University of Toronto Press. pp. 220. ISBN 1551112892. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QVxsXI6n2RIC&pg=PA220.