National Revolutionary Movement for Development

The National Revolutionary Movement for Development was the ruling political party of <a href="/facts/Rwanda/UKR5UdKy">Rwanda</a> from 1975 to 1994 under President <a href="/facts/Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana/rV1qrpPR">Juvénal Habyarimana</a>, running with first Vice President <a href="/facts/%C3%89douard_Karemera/Ajf8EaGG">Édouard Karemera</a>. From 1978 to 1991, the MRND was the only legal political party in the country. It was dominated by <a href="/facts/Hutu/aFuxImu0">Hutus</a>, particularly from President Habyarimana's home region of Northern Rwanda. The elite group of MRND party members who were known to have influence on the President and <a href="/facts/Agathe_Habyarimana/qjmBaod1">his wife</a> are known as the <a href="/facts/Akazu/4stvp5CD">akazu</a>. In 1991, the party was renamed the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (<a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>: Mouvement républicain national pour la démocratie et le développement, MRND or MRNDD).
Following the <a href="/facts/Rwandan_genocide/sWRxDx4q">Rwandan genocide</a> in 1994, the party was banned.

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National Revolutionary Movement for Development