Rwandan Patriotic Front

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former rebel movement political party

The Rwandan Patriotic Front is the dominant political party in Rwanda, originally a rebel movement that ended the 1994 genocide and has since led the country’s government under President Paul Kagame.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rwandan Patriotic Army	3
Rwanda Patriotic Army (early First Congo War)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former rebel movement ⓘ political party ⓘ
abbreviation	RPF-Inkotanyi NERFINISHED ⓘ
accusation	human rights abuses ⓘ restrictions on media freedom ⓘ restrictions on political opposition ⓘ
armedWing	Rwandan Patriotic Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameToPower	1994 ⓘ
controls	Rwandan Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantSince	1994 ⓘ
electoralPerformance	wins large majorities in parliamentary elections ⓘ
foundedBy	Fred Rwigyema NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Kagame NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwandan Tutsi refugees ⓘ
governs	Government of Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Rwandan Patriotic Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kigali NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Rwandan nationalism ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ developmentalism ⓘ
inception	1987 ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
influences	Rwanda Patriotic Front coalition parties ⓘ
keyPerson	Fred Rwigyema NERFINISHED ⓘ James Kabarebe NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Mazimhaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Kagame NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ French ⓘ Kinyarwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
leader	Paul Kagame NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryCampaign	offensive that captured Kigali in July 1994 ⓘ
nativeName	Front Patriotique Rwandais NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed	Government of Juvénal Habyarimana NERFINISHED ⓘ Interahamwe militia NERFINISHED ⓘ
origin	Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Arusha peace process NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyFocus	economic development ⓘ national unity and reconciliation ⓘ security and stability ⓘ
politicalPosition	dominant-party ⓘ
positionHeldByMembers	Cabinet minister of Rwanda ⓘ President of Rwanda ⓘ Prime Minister of Rwanda ⓘ Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
roleInEvent	ended the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ
shortName	RPF NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Rwandan Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwandan genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol	RPF flag ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louise Mushikiwabo → memberOfPoliticalParty → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

Louise Mushikiwabo → politicalAlignment → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

Paul Kagame → politicalParty → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

Paul Kagame → commanded → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rwandan Patriotic Army

Paul Kagame → memberOf → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

1994 Rwandan genocide → opposedBy → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

A Thousand Hills: Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It → about → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

Rally for Congolese Democracy → alliedWith → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rwandan Patriotic Army

Interahamwe militias → opposedGroup → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda → opposes → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

Laurent-Désiré Kabila → alliedWith → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rwanda Patriotic Army (early First Congo War)

Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → formedBy → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rwandan Patriotic Army

Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → alliedWith → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

Rwandan Civil War → belligerent → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ

Rwandan Civil War → mainCombatant → Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ