United Democratic Forces of Rwanda

United Democratic Forces of Rwanda Forces Democratiques Unifiées
Chairperson	Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
Founded	29 April 2006
Ideology	Liberal Democracy
Colors	Red, green
Website
fdu-rwanda.org
Politics of Rwanda Political parties Elections

The United Democratic Forces of Rwanda (French: Forces Democratiques Unifiées, FDU-INKINGI) is a political alliance in Rwanda.

History

The party was established on 29 April 2006 as an alliance of the Republican Rally for Democracy in Rwanda (RDR), Action for Impartial International Justice in Rwanda, the Democratic Forces for Resistance and the Rwandan Democratic Alliance , with RDR leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza elected President of the UDF.^[1]

Having been formed in exile, the alliance's leadership returned to Rwanda in January 2010 and applied to be registered in order to field candidates in the presidential elections later in the year. However, the alliance was prevented from registering and Ingabire was arrested.^[2]

References

↑ Republican Rally for Democracy in Rwanda New Times, 3 October 2007
↑ Freedom in the World 2011: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties, Freedom House, p559

External links

Official website

Political parties in Rwanda

Parliament

Ruling coalition (41)	Rwandan Patriotic Front (37) Centrist Democratic Party (1) Ideal Democratic Party (1) Party for Progress and Concord (1) Rwandan Socialist Party (1)

Opposition (12)	Social Democratic Party (7) Liberal Party (5)

Unrepresented

Banned

Defunct

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