Rwanda+Politics

Rwanda Politics


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 * Type:** Republic.


 * Independence:** July 1, 1962.


 * Constitution:** May 26, 2003.

Administrative subdivisions: 4 provinces plus Kigali; 30 districts; 416 sectors; 2,148 cells. Political parties: There are 10 political parties, including the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which leads a coalition that includes the Centrist Democratic Party (PDC), the Rwandan Socialist Party (PSR), the Ideal [formerly Islamic] Democratic Party (PDI), the Prosperity and Solidarity Party (PSP), and the Democratic Popular Union (UPDR). Other parties include the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Liberal Party (PL), the Concord Progressive Party (PPC), and the Social Party Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri). Suffrage: Universal for citizens over 18--except refugees, prisoners, and certain categories of convicts.
 * Branches:** //Executive//--president (chief of state), prime minister (head of government). Broad-based government of national unity formed after the 1994 genocide. //Legislative//--80-seat Chamber of Deputies; 26-member Senate. //Judicial//--Supreme Court; High Courts of the Republic; Provincial Courts; District Courts; mediation committees.


 * Central government budget (2009-2010 est.):** 900 billion Rwandan francs ($1.5 billion).

This information and image came from the [|U.S. Department of State] Updated April 28, 2011