This article lists political parties in Rwanda.
Rwanda is a one-party-dominant state with the Rwandan Patriotic Front in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Active parties
Parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies
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| Rwandan Patriotic Front<br/><br/>
| RPF–Inkotanyi<br/>FPR–Inkotanyi
| Paul Kagame
| Big tent
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| Centrist Democratic Party<br/><br/>
| CDP<br/>PDC
| Agnes Mukabaranga
| Centre-right
| Christian democracy
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| Party for Progress and Concord<br/><br/>
| PPC
| Alivera Mukabaramba
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| Democratic Union of the Rwandan People<br/><br/>
| UDPR
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| colspan=3 | Social Democratic Party<small><br/><br/></small>
| PSD
| Vincent Biruta
| Centre-left
| Social democracy
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| colspan=3 | Liberal Party<br/><br/>
| PL
| Prosper Higiro
| Centre
| Liberalism
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| colspan=3 | Ideal Democratic Party<br/><br/>
| IDP<br/>PDI
| Mussa Fazil Harerimana
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| Islamic democracy
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| colspan=3 | Social Party Imberakuri<br/><small><br/></small>
| PS–Imberakuri
| Bernard Ntaganda
| Centre-left
| Social democracy
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| colspan=3 | Democratic Green Party of Rwanda<br/><br/>
| PVDR
| Frank Habineza
| Centre to<br/>centre-left
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Illegal parties
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|Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda<br/><br/>|| FDLR || Callixte Mbarushimana|| Right-wing<br/>to far-right || Hutu Power
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| United Democratic Forces of Rwanda<br/> || UDF-Inkigi || Placide Kayumba || Centre to<br/>centre-left || Liberal Democracy<br/>Egalitarianism<br/>Green Politics<br/>Anti-Racism<br/>Anti-Fascism<br/>Anti-Authoritarianism<br/>Anti-Kagame<br/>Decentralization
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| |Republican Democratic Movement<br/> || MDR || || Right-wing<br/>to far-right || Hutu interests<br/>Hutu Power
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|Rwanda National Congress<br/><br/> || RNC || Kayumba Nyamwasa|| Centre || Anti-Kagame
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Former parties
- National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development
- Coalition for the Defence of the Republic
- Rwandese National Union
See also
- Politics of Rwanda
- List of political parties by country