People / group

Parmehutu

Also known as Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement

Parmehutu (Party of the Hutu Emancipation Movement) was a Rwandan political party founded by Grégoire Kayibanda in 1959 from his earlier Hutu social movement. It led the Hutu revolution against Tutsi dominance, won the elections before independence and ruled Rwanda as a one-party state from 1962 until Juvénal Habyarimana's coup in 1973.

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Rwanda

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Parmehutu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/parmehutu
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