Union Nationale Rwandaise (UNAR, English: Rwanda National Union) is a now-defunct political party in Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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UNAR was founded 3 September 1959 by Prosper Bwanakweli, and strongly supported by Mwami

Mwami

Mwami is the chiefly title in Kirundi and Kinyarwanda, the Congolese Nande and Bashi languages, Luhya in Kenya and various other Bantu languages, such as the Tonga language . The word is usually translated as king...

 Kigeri V of Rwanda. At the time, Rwanda was still under Belgian

Belgium

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 administration, and UNAR was the leading monarchist party. It called for immediate independence under a hereditary (Tutsi

Tutsi

The Tutsi , or Abatutsi, are an ethnic group in Central Africa. Historically they were often referred to as the Watussi or Watusi. They are the second largest caste in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and the Twa ....

) constitutional monarchy.

UNAR won 16.8% of the vote in the 1961 election.