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. p. 81. ISBN 0-85255-894-5.
↑ Osabu-Kle, Daniel Tetteh (2000). Compatible cultural democracy: the key to development in Africa. University of Toronto Press. p. 220. ISBN 1-55111-289-2.