Democratic Green Party of Rwanda

Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
President	Frank Habineza
Founded	14 August 2009 (2009-08-14)
Ideology	Green politics, Liberal democracy
International affiliation	Global Greens
Website
rwandagreendemocrats.org
Politics of Rwanda Political parties Elections

The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda is a green political party in Rwanda.

History

The party was established on 14 August 2009, and aimed to contest the 2010 presidential elections. However, it was prevented from registering.^[1] The party's vice-president, André Kagwa Rwisereka, was found beheaded during the election campaign.^[2] ^[3]

The party was registered in August 2013, but too late to contest the 2013 parliamentary elections.^[4]

References

↑ Wadhams, Nick (2010-05-05). "Rwanda: Anti-Genocide Law Clashes with Free Speech". Time Magazine. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
↑ "Deadly attacks on Rwandan opposition spark warning by UN", The Guardian, July 18, 2010
↑ "Violence rises in Rwanda as election nears", Associated Press, June 28, 2010
↑ Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press

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

Green parties by country

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Burkina Faso Rally of the Ecologists Ecologist Party Burundi Central African Republic Chad Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Gabon Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco The Greens Izigzawen Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Green Party Democratic Green Party South Africa Green Alliance Green Party Togo Tunisia Uganda Ecological Party Green Party Zambia

Americas	Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala French Guyana Haiti Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States Uruguay Green Sol PERI Venezuela

Asia-Pacific	Australia Fiji French Polynesia Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Israel Meretz The Green Movement The Greens Japan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Civil Will-Green Green Party Nepal Hariyali Green Civil Society New Caledonia New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Saudi Arabia South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Europe (EGP FYEG)	Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Flanders and Brussels Wallonia and Brussels Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Green Party The Greens Croatia Croatian Sustainable Development Green List Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Socialist People's Party The Greens Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Alliance '90/The Greens Ecological Democratic Party Greece Hungary Dialogue for Hungary Politics Can Be Different Iceland Ireland Italy Federation of the Greens Green Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands GroenLinks The Greens Norway Poland Portugal Earth Party Green Party LIVRE Romania Ecologist Party Green Party Russia Green Alternative (GROZA) Ecological Party "The Greens" (KEDR) Union of Greens (Green Russia) Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Greens Youth Party Spain Catalonia Greens Confederation of the Greens Equo Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England and Wales (Wales) Northern Ireland Scotland

Italic links indicate non-members or observers of the Global Greens.

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