The Association for Social Promotion of the Masses (, APROSOMA) was a political party in Rwanda.
History The party was established on 15 February 1959 by Joseph Gitera Habyarimana alongside friends and former schoolmates.Aimable Twagilimana (2015) Historical Dictionary of Rwanda, Rowman & Littlefield, p25 Although it initially promoted social improvement for both Hutu and Tutsi, it later became an anti-Tutsi party.Twagilimana, p183
APROSOMA contested the pre-independence elections in 1961, receiving 3.6% of the vote and winning two seats. In 1965 the country became a one-party state under MDR-Parmehutu.History Embassy of Rwanda to the United Kingdom
Ideology Its leader, Joseph Gitera Habyarimana, is the author of an earlier version of the "Hutu Ten Commandments".
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