Senegalese Republican Movement (in French

French language

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: Mouvement Republicain Sénégalais) was a political party

Political party

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 in Senegal

Senegal

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, founded on July 3, 1977. MRS was led by Boabacar Gueye, who served as its general secretary.

MRS was legally recognized on February 2, 1979. MRS was then the fourth legal party in the country. MRS worked for a free market economy and a society based on Islam

Islam

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ic values.

Source: Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988). Paris: CHEAM, 1988.